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Buying this meteorite, you have the opportunity to touch a rare type of meteorite - diogenites. This type of meteorite comes from Asteroid Vesta. HED achondrites ( Asteroid Vesta) HEDC 0011 weight 0,57 g. Name: Northwest Africa 7831 Abbreviation: NWA 7831 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Western Sahara Mass: 20 kg Diogenite 27o 18' 25"N, 12o 4' 59"W Diogenites are members of the HED group of achondrite meteorites which are believed to originate from the asteroid Vesta. The total recovered amount of this meteorite is estimated at 20 kilograms. Vesta was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers in 1807. Vesta is the largest & brightest asteroid in the asteroid belt & the second largest body overall (after the dwarf planet Ceres), with an average diameter of about 525 km (326 miles). A couple of billion years ago two massive impacts ejected part of Vesta's mass & some of that material landed here on Earth as HED (howardite, eucrite, & diogenite) meteorites. It's astonishing to consider that when you look at photographs of Vesta, or eve through a powerful telescope, the actual craters from which the HED meteorites were blasted out can easily be seen, such as Rheasilvia which is over 300 miles wide. Rare Certificated Meteorite Hed, Asteroid Vesta, Diogenite From Vesta, Nwa 7831, Great Acquisition For Collectors, Achondrite Meteorite
