China News Service, April 30. According to Reuters, on the 30th local time, one of the world ’s largest lunar meteorites will be held in private auction at Christie ’s, with an estimated value of 2 million pounds.

  According to reports, the lunar meteorite weighed 13.5 kilograms. It may have fallen from the surface of the moon due to the collision of an asteroid or comet, and then landed on the Sahara Desert.

Data map: Moon.

  It is called NWA 12691 and is considered the fifth largest lunar meteorite found on Earth. According to reports, at present, the known lunar meteorite on Earth is only 650 kg.

  "The experience of holding a part of another world in your hands is something you will never forget," said James Hasslop, Christie's director of science and natural history. "This is part of the real moon. It probably has a Football is so big, a little bigger than your head. "

  He added that meteorites are very rare, "... for anyone interested in space history or the exploration of the moon, this is an amazing trophy."