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Source: London – Arab Network
Perhaps the realization of some people’s dream of stepping on the moon becomes easy and affordable, but the price seems exorbitant, and this time not to reach the surface of the moon, but to reach a part from there to the planet in the that humans live, and suffers the worst pandemic in its history. Emerging from the emerging corona virus.
In one of the strangest and rarest selling deals found in world markets for sale, a very rare piece of the moon’s surface is mined, which is just a stone rock, but this rare rock is more expensive than gold, since the estimated price is two and a half million US dollars, according to a report published by the British newspaper “Metro” and seen by “Al-Arabiya.net”.
According to published information, the piece offered for sale is a “lunar meteorite”, which is actually a rock taken from the moon and weighs 13.5 kilograms, while its estimated price is two million pounds (2.5 million US dollars).
Scientists say that its landing on our planet may have been caused by an asteroid or comet that collided with the moon previously, causing this rock or “meteorite” to fall to the ground and then was found and is now being offered to the sale to the public.
This lunar meteorite is named (NWA 12691) and this meteorite is believed to be the fifth largest rock to ever fall from the moon on planet Earth. There are currently only 650 kilograms of moon rock on Earth, and this rock is one of these recorded rocks discovered by scientists on our planet.
This moon rock is now in one of the largest auction houses in the world, which is the company “Christie’s” specialized in organizing international auctions and selling rare pieces that are brought from different parts of the world.
“It is an unforgettable experience that you can have a piece of another world in your hands,” said James Hislop, director of science and natural history at Christie’s.
He added: “It is a real piece of the moon, the size of a soccer ball, or slightly larger, or larger than the head of an ordinary person.” He noted that this piece was found by an unknown traveler in one of the deserts of Africa, to discover that it reached a planet. Earth, having traveled 240,000 miles (384,000 km), is the distance between the Moon and Earth.
Scientists were able to confirm that this rocky piece came from the moon to the planet after being compared to pieces brought in by the US space mission “Apollo”, which landed on the moon’s surface in the middle of the last century, where “Apollo” returned with 400 kilograms of the moon’s surface, Although there are currently 650 kilograms on Earth, which means 250 kilograms of the moon have been found on the planet.
It is noteworthy that the company “Christie’s” intends to offer the piece of rock for direct private sale, and not at public auction, according to information published by the newspaper “Metro”.
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