The meteorite that fell on the UK’s Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe in February 2021 is going on public display at London’s Natural History Museum.
- Quoting some scientists, the BBC says that it holds within it chemistry that existed at the formation of our Solar System 4.6 billion years ago.
- The display meteorite looks like a small piece of half-burnt coal.
What are Meteoroids, meteors and meteorite?
- According to the NASA, Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. These are like space rocks.
- When meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere they are called meteors.
- If a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite.
