Meteorites in France

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My objective was to learn about the meteorites that had fallen in France. The result is a visualization of their weights, and the geographical location of the fall. Only the three largest ones’ dates are added to the map. <br> <br> Taking data from www.lpi.usra.edu, which has the meteorites information, I run exploratory data analysis with pandas. I cleaned and organized the data. I visualized it with seaborn, geopandas and matplotlib. <br> <br> It turns out that the biggest meteorite found in France is the one from “La Caille”. It weights 626 kg. It was discovered in 1828. According to the National Museum of History in France, it was used as a bench in front of the village's church for 2 centuries, until it was identified in the XIX century. It is stored at the museum.

My objective was to learn about the meteorites that had fallen in France. The result is a visualization of their weights, and the geographical location of the fall. Only the three largest ones’ dates are added to the map.

Taking data from www.lpi.usra.edu, which has the meteorites information, I run exploratory data analysis with pandas. I cleaned and organized the data. I visualized it with seaborn, geopandas and matplotlib.

It turns out that the biggest meteorite found in France is the one from “La Caille”. It weights 626 kg. It was discovered in 1828. According to the National Museum of History in France, it was used as a bench in front of the village's church for 2 centuries, until it was identified in the XIX century. It is stored at the museum. Link to project