2023-05-23 15:31:59
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Several meteorites rained down on the German town of Elmshorn. The largest ended up in a family’s garden. It weighs 3.7 kilograms and is 4.5 billion years old – and worth a lot.
At the end of April there was a small but very special shower over the town of Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein: instead of raindrops, it rained meteorites from space.
One of them ended up in the Sahin family’s garden. “My wife was just sitting at the dining table with my daughter,” told Mahmut Sahin the broadcaster NDR. “The two then went out into the garden and saw a real crater.”
The stone that the two found in the crater was regarding the size of a handball – making it the largest meteorite that has ever hit Schleswig-Holstein.
Meteorite is going to a museum for the time being
The stone weighs 3.7 kilograms and is believed to be around 4.5 billion years old. For some people it is worth a lot of money: the Sahin family has received several offers, the largest being 200,000 euros, i.e. around 194,250 francs.
“Winning the lottery would have been the more likely way to get money,” Sahin comments on the offers at NDR.
But before it is sold, the meteorite is to be exhibited in a museum. “We fell a bit in love with the stone,” says Sahin. “That’s why we want to make it accessible to other people.”
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