Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 7
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The Bakubarito Iron Meteorite
The composition of a meteorite is so characteristic and unique that such a stone can never be mistaken. Meteorites are usually observed in the months when ordinary meteors or periodic swarms of meteors are least prevalent. The Bakubarito iron meteorite, weighing 20 tons, lay in soft soil, barely beneath the level of the surface. On the other hand, a fragment of a stony iron meteorite weighing 437 pounds that fell at esterville Iowa, buried itself 8 feet in stiff clay.
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