Polish scientists discover remains of fallen asteroid in Brandenburg

By Olivia Logan

A week after the asteroid 2024 BX1 flashed across the skies over Germany, Polish scientists have discovered the remains of the rock.

Asteroid chunks discovered in Brandenburg

A group of Polish scientists hunting for the 2024 BX1 asteroid, which fell to Earth from the skies above Germany over a week ago, have discovered the asteroid’s remains in Brandenburg.

Shortly after it made its very visible descent, meteor hunters set out across Germany to find where the asteroid had landed. Their search took them to a farmer’s field in Nauen, northwest of Berlin, where they eventually found the asteroid chunks.

Berlin’s Naturkunde Museum will examine the asteroid remains

Speaking to the dpa after the find, curator at the Naturkunde Museum in Berlin Ansgar Greshake said that it is “very, very, very likely” that the rocks are remnants of the fallen asteroid. “This is a special find,” said Greshake.

Researchers at the Naturkunde Museum will now have the task of examining the remains, which are thought to have come from Vesta, one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt which makes up 9 percent of all known asteroids.

Thumb image credit: Lvivjanochka Photo / Shutterstock.com

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Olivia Logan

Editor at IamExpat Media

Editor for Germany at IamExpat Media. Olivia first came to Germany in 2013 to work as an Au Pair. Since studying English Literature and German in Scotland, Freiburg and Berlin she has worked as a features journalist and news editor.Read more

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