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Ahnighito meteorite

Ahnighito meteorite

(ah-nă-gee -toh) The biggest (59 tonnes) of the three Cape York iron meteorites, now on display in New York. It was brought back from the coast of west Greenland in 1897 by Robert Peary.
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