0 – 3 7 0   AD   – ▁ 4 1 5   AD )   – ▁the ▁phil os opher , ▁astronom er , ▁math ematic ian , ▁and ▁invent or . ▁ ▁Test s ▁done ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁by ▁Research ers ▁Jan ▁K ram ers ▁and ▁Georg y ▁B ely an in ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Johannes burg ▁show ▁that ▁Hyp atia ▁contains ▁micro scop ic ▁diam onds . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁several ▁anom alous ▁is ot op ic ▁distributions ▁unknown ▁in ▁prior ▁association , ▁some ▁believe ▁the ▁Hyp atia ▁material ▁is ▁necessarily ▁of ▁extr ater rest rial ▁origin , ▁although ▁significant ▁terrest rial ▁cont am ination ▁is ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁pro ponents ▁as ▁being ▁impact - auth igen ic ▁from ▁incorpor ation ▁of ▁terrest rial ▁atmosphere , ▁the ▁physics ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁un resol ved . ▁Further ▁spec ulation ▁from ▁compar ative ▁summary ▁statistical ▁associations ▁support ▁that ▁Hyp atia ▁is ▁a ▁re lict ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁hypoth et ical ▁impact ing ▁body ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁produced ▁the ▁chem ically - d iss im ilar ▁Lib yan ▁desert ▁glass . ▁If ▁this ▁association ▁holds , ▁Hyp atia ▁may ▁have ▁impact ed ▁Earth ▁approximately ▁ 2 8 ▁million ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Its ▁unusual ▁chem istry ▁has ▁prompt ed ▁further ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁Hyp atia ▁may ▁pre date ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Sol ar ▁System . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁Georg y ▁B ely an in ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Johannes burg ▁and ▁colle agues ▁have