The Hoba meteorite, the largest known intact meteorite on Earth, rests on a farm near Grootfontein, Namibia, and weighs over 60 tonnes—its name deriving from a Khoekhoegowab word meaning 'gift'. It impacted Earth less than 80,000 years ago, but was slowed by the atmosphere to terminal velocity, leaving it flat on both sides and creating no crater. Discovery occurred by chance in 1920 when farmer Jacobus Hermanus Brits struck it while ploughing with an ox. Composed of about 84% iron and 16% nickel, it is classified as a rare ataxite iron meteorite (chemical group IVB). Declared a national monument in 1955 and donated to the state in 1987, a tourist centre was subsequently built, effectively ending vandalism of the main mass. However, a 2.8 kg piece illegally sawed off in 1968 still sold for $59,062 at a Los Angeles auction in December 2021.