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Nordlingen: The German Town Built from Asteroid Debris
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TOI World·13.05.2026·🇮🇳India·علوم

Nordlingen: The German Town Built from Asteroid Debris

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Nordlingen, a medieval German town, sits within the 15-million-year-old Nordlinger Ries meteor crater. Its buildings, including St. George's Church, are constructed from suevite, a rock containing microscopic diamonds formed during the asteroid impact. NASA used the site to train Apollo astronauts due to its lunar-like terrain.

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