Meteors {meteorite}| can hit ground. Largest meteorite weighed 30 tons. A 15,000-ton meteorite formed Canyon Diablo Meteor Crater, 4100 feet across and 600 feet deep, in Arizona. Meteorites {iron meteorite} can have more than 98% iron and nickel. Meteorites {stony iron meteorite} can have 50% nickel-iron and 50% olivine. Meteorites {stony meteorite} can be mostly rock, with little nickel and iron.
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