Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare Aubrite

Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare Aubrite PRESS RELEASE DATE February 5, 2024 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum... More

Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare Aubrite PRESS RELEASE DATE February 5, 2024 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ONLINE by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and member of the Arbeitskreis Meteore, who participated in the search and found this meteorite near the village of Ribbeck, Germany. Press Release/Image https://bit.ly/3uqq2ET February 5, 2024, Mountain View, CA – The official classification now aligns with what many suspected from merely looking at the images of the strange meteorites that fell near Berlin on January 21, 2024. They belong to a rare group called “aubrites”. “They were devilishly difficult to find because, from a distance, they look like other rocks on Earth,” said SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens. “Close up, not so much.” Jenniskens traveled from San Francisco to Berli Less