Giant asteroid Vestais the second - braggy object in our solar organization ’s asteroid belt , and the descent of an estimated5 % of Earth ’s meteorite . Yesterday , an particularly rare chunk of Vesta recovered from the Netherlands in 1925 wasreported stolenfrom theSonnenborgh Museum and Observatoryin Utrecht , Netherlands .
Jason Major forUniverse Todayhas the details :
The Meteorite of Serooskerken was recovered from a rare fall in 1925 in the province of Zeeland . Only five meteorites have ever been discover in the Netherlands , making the Serooskerken specimen somewhat of a home gem – not to mention a valuable piece of our Solar System ’s history !
It does n’t sound like the meteorite was the target of the burglary , but rather it just happened to be let in with other things taken from the museum ’s dependable .
If you have any information on the burglary or see this meteorite offer up for sale anywhere , please report it to the Sonnenborgh Museum here .
[ Sonnenborgh MuseumviaUT ]
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