Nakhla meteoroid size and scale context

The Nakhla meteoroid was the Martian body whose fragments fell in Egypt in 1911 as the Nakhla meteorite. Studies of nakhlites show that liquid water later altered this rock on Mars, preserving one of the clearest meteoritic records of Martian aqueous history. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

Carbonaceous chondriteCarbonaceous chondrite·6 cm
Ordinary chondriteOrdinary chondrite·11 cm
Nakhla meteoroidMartian meteoroid·~60 cm
Hoba meteoroidIron meteoroid·~2.7 m

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