From Mars to London, With a Few Stops Along the Way

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The biggest chunk of the meteorite flew from Morocco to Paris to New York, where the collector who bought it bicycled around town with it in his backpack. Finally, it went to London.

The Natural History Museum there announced on Feb. 8 that it had purchased the meteorite. “I would say, arguably, it is the most significant fall in a hundred years,” said Caroline Smith, the museum’s meteorite curator.