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See a 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite at the Royal Observatory

Friday 29 September 2023 10:00
Monday 31 December 2029 17:00

Royal Observatory Greenwich Blackheath Avenue London, England, SE10 8XJ United Kingdom (map)

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Check Out a 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich

Date Idea Free Activity things to do in Greenwich

Summary

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Free

Opening times:

Open daily from 10:00 to 17:00

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About

Yep you heard that right there is a 4.5 billion year old meteorite at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich and it is actually free to visit.

Not many people know about it but to see the meteorite you do not have to purchase a ticket at the Royal Observatory (although to see the full observatory you need a ticket).

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And it is not only the meteorite that is free to visit. On the basement floor where the meteorite is kept, the Royal Observatory hosts an educational room full of temporary exhibitions on the cosmos, universe , our planets, life’s existence etc.

Making this activity not only free and educational but also a pretty good activity for couples looking to diversify their weekends.

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Location Info (Minimal)

SE10 8XJ (see on map)

0.4 miles from Cutty Sark DLR

Reviews:

4.5 from 19,000 users Google reviews (reviews are for the observatory as a whole)

What we think:

It is cold, it is heavy and it feels like a piece of cold metal (it is in fact mostly metal), but it is super cool. After all where can you see a cosmological object that is almost same age as our planet?

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