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Scientist provides fascinating insight into last year’s Eastern Cape meteorite event
tansa not working Scientist provides fascinating insight into last year’s Eastern Cape meteorite event By Herald Reporter - 29 September 2025 In 2024, a two-ton rock burst into the Earth’s atmosphere from space and a fragment of it was found by a nine-year-old girl in the Eastern Cape.
Meteorite strike: Scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from - Kashmir Vision
KV News Text Size Print This Page By: Roger Lawrence Gibson, Deon van Niekerk On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents’ porch near a small town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, when she heard a long rumble, then heard a rustling in a nearby fig tree. As she watched, a rock fell out of the tree. When Eli-zé picked it up, she noticed that the rock had a black crust and a grey interior “like concrete”.
Meteorite Strike in South Africa
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents’ porch near a small town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, when she heard a long rumble, then heard a rustling in a nearby fig tree. As she watched, a rock fell out of the tree.
Meteorite strike in South Africa: scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from
Roger Lawrence Gibson, University of the Witwatersrand and Deon van Niekerk, Rhodes University September 5, 2024 at 7:43 AM·4 min read On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents’ porch near a small town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, when she heard a long rumble, then heard a rustling in a nearby fig tree. As she watched, a rock fell out of the tree.
Eastern Cape meteorite likely a rare achondrite
Based on analysis, scientists believe the Eastern Cape meteorite, which caused a sensation, is a rare achondrite.
Suspected Eastern Cape meteorite has scientists enthralled
Team from Wits and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University are investigating Sunday’s meteorite impact.
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