This meteorite is a rare representative of interstellar objects coming into our solar system.
A study of fragments of a meteorite recorded in Papua New Guinea in January 2014 showed it was about 1 m in size and about 460 kg in mass.
It turned out that the meteorite was moving at 60 km/s, which is a characteristic of interstellar meteorites.
According to the results of the analysis, up to 84% of the particles in it are composed of iron, up to 8% silicon, up to 4% magnesium and up to 2% titanium.
At the same time, the discovery of isotopes of uranium and lead allowed scientists to determine the approximate age of the meteorite – about 4.6 billion years, which corresponds to the age of the solar system.
Professor Avi Loeb from Harvard University emphasized that the meteorite fragments found may have a technological origin. The object’s high velocity, which may have been provided by the propulsion system, and its unusual robustness compared to other known space rocks indicate the possibility of extraterrestrial technology.
Source: Ferra
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