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10:14am Tuesday 15th July 2008

By Staff reporter »

VISITORS to Seacombe Spaceport have a chance to hold a piece of the cosmos in the palm of their hands.

The meteorites, which have just gone on sale, are millions of years old and crashed landed in some of the Earth’s most remote locations.

"It’s not often people get the chance to hold a nugget of space. Now they can own one."

Ken Moss, Spaceport manager, said: “It’s not often people get the chance to hold a nugget of space. Now they can own one. Some of these meteorites are billions of years old – as old as the formation of the planets! “We’ve been working very closely with a guy called David Bryant, one of the largest importers of meteorites in the UK to bring these to Merseyside.

“We want to bring people of all ages closer to space and what better way than giving them the chance to touch a piece of They include fragments from the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, which exploded above Vladivostok in eastern Siberia back in February. 1947.

The nickel-iron material once formed the core of a small planet.

Below you'll find a list of reasons why everyone should own a meteorite.
(If you have something to add let me know)

1. It’s A Meteorite! Duh… – A 100% genuine rock from space. How many people can say they own one?

2. Meteorites Are Cool. – It’s just plain cool to own a meteorite. How many other things do you own that are as cool as a rock from space?

3. Meteorites Are Aliens! – They aren’t from here, they’re from 100s of MILLIONS of miles away and have been floating around out in space for many MILLIONS of years just waiting to land on our planet, and end up in your hands.

4. Meteorites Are Great Conversation Pieces. – Put it on your coffee table or on your desk at work and you’ll be amazed at the attention it will draw. People will constantly ask you about it and it give you an excuse to look really smart when you explain how it got here.

5. Chicks Dig Meteorites! – Guys like them too ladies, so don’t get mad for us saying this. The rest is self explanatory.

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Very Cool! However, this is not a meteorite. This rock is from the moon and was brought back from the surface of the moon to earth by the Apollo 11 crew. Technically since it did not travel through the earths atmosphere on its own and impact the earth it's not really a meteorite. It is I suspect, a very pricey lunar specimen. Wonder how much they want for it... ;)