What is the diameter of the ALH84001 meteorite?

Answer 1

The largest known meterorite is the Hoba meterorite [See related link], weighing in at over 60 tons.

They come in all sizes, from barely big enough to be visible to pretty substantial chunks of rock or iron. A really BIG meteor would cause an explosion on impact big enough to vaporize the impactor, so there is an upper limit to the size of intact meteorites that we find.

There is a wide range of meteorite sizes because there is a variety of meteorites. However, most that enter the Earth's atmosphere, and have thus been discovered by scientists, are relatively small.

To understand the question, however, it is first important to understand the definition of "meteorite." The term is generally used to define a stony or metallic object that has fallen to Earth from outer space. By this definition, a number of objects could be classified as "meteorites," from fallen comets to asteroids.

Relatively speaking, the largest discovered weighed about 60 metric tons and was found at a farm in Namibia. However, thousands upon thousands of smaller meteorites have been discovered all over the world.
It can range from the size of a pea to the size of a football field.

Answer 2

The "average" meteor is about the size of a grain of sand. Some meteors are substantially larger. For example, Canadian scientists have now located several fragments of the meteor that struck Saskatchewan on November 20, 2008. The fragments are hand-sized.

Answer 3

Meteoroids can rang from the size of a sand grain, all the way up to huge boulders the size of a house. There debrie left from space that float aimlessly around.

Answer 4

ALH 84001 has an irregular shape like a large potato about 15 cm long, 10 cm high and 7.5 cm thick.

Answer 5

big lol