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Auckland meteorite
Auckland meteorite

The Auckland meteorite, also known as the Ellerslie meteorite, landed in Ellerslie, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on 12 June 2004. It crashed through the roof of a house and landed in the living room. As the ninth meteorite to ever be discovered in New Zealand, it is the only one to have ever hit a house in the country. It is owned by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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Auckland (meteorite)
Ladies Mile, Ōrākei Ellerslie

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N -36.889166666667 ° E 174.80611111111 °
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Ladies Mile
1040 Ōrākei, Ellerslie
Auckland, New Zealand
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