Big Piece of Moon – level 1

17-10-2018 07:00

A lunar meteorite falls down to Earth. This is thousands of years ago. Last year, people find this meteorite. They find it in Mauritania. This is a country in north western Africa.

The meteorite is 5.4 kilograms heavy. It is much bigger than other lunar meteorites. Most lunar meteorites are only as big as an apple.

The big meteorite goes on auction. It can sell for 500,000 dollars or more.

Difficult words: lunar (from the moon), meteorite (a rock which falls down from space), ago (before).

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