WATCH | Nelson Mandela University unveils meteorite

Nelson Mandela University is unveiling in a media briefing a meteorite that entered the Earth's atmosphere a few weeks ago.

Scientists from Wits University and colleagues from Botswana and other countries found the meteorite after a long search over a wide area.
Scientists from Wits University and colleagues from Botswana and other countries found the meteorite after a long search over a wide area. (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

Nelson Mandela University is unveiling in a media briefing a meteorite that entered the Earth's atmosphere a few weeks ago.

The meteorite is believed to have been about the size of a car. 

Eyewitnesses saw the phenomenon and some took videos. The captain of a whale-watching boat also reported seeing objects splashing into the ocean off Cape St Francis.

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