Maine Museum to Host Large Chunk of Mars Rock

In this image taken by the Mars Perseverance rover and made available by NASA, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter (R) flies over the surface of the planet on April 30, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS via AP

BETHEL, Maine—A Maine museum will play host to a chunk of rock it said is the largest intact Mars rock on Earth.

The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum said the specimen weighs 32 pounds and is about 10 inches at its longest point. The museum said the rock was the result of an asteroid impact on the surface of Mars that ejected material into an Earth-crossing orbit in space.