Fragments of the asteroid that caused the #meteor on January 21 over Germany have been found close to #Berlin. From the photos, it looks like an #achondrite!

https://earthsky.org/space/small-asteroid-to-hit-earth-no-danger-meteorites-january-21-2024/

https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/press/press-releases/natural-history-museum-reports-further-suspected-meteorite-finds

Achondrite (Planetary science 🪐)

An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules. It consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks and has been differentiated and reprocessed to a lesser or greater degree due to melting and recrystallization on or within meteorite parent bodies. As a result, achondrites have distinct textures and mineralog...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achondrite

#Achondrite #MeteoriteTypes #PlanetaryScience #AchondriteMeteorites