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Sayh al Uhaymir 562 meteorite
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Sayh al Uhaymir 562 (SaU 562) 20°59'30.02"N, 57°11'48.33"E Al Wusta, Oman Found: 17 Apr 2008 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) Physical characteristics: (L Garvie, ASU) Single stone. Lacks fusion crust. Sawn surface shows medium-grained mosaic of approxim...
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Blue Eagle meteorite
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Blue Eagle 38°39.7'N, 115°31.10'W Blue Eagle Well, Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, United States Find: March 2006 Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6) History: Discovered on a dry lakebed by Ralph Clary, while he was hunting meteorites. Physical characteristics: 31 minimally fusion-crusted frag...
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Planeta Rica meteorite
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The Planeta Rica (ordinary chondrite?) meteorite fell in Las Chiquita, Planeta Rica, Cordoba, Colombia, on the 15th January, 2013. A total mass of 1000 g was recovered. 8° 19' 59.88 "N, 75° 34' 0.16" W Revuelo en Planeta Rica por caída de un meteorito Una piedra negra y porosa Cayo del ciel...
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Cosina meteorite
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The Cosina (H5) meteorite fell in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico, at 11:00 a.m. on the ??th January, 1844. A total mass of 1.2 kg was recovered. Description: Fragment with one sawed surface, colour dark gray 21° 10'N, 100° 52'W
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Villalbeto de la Peña Meteorite
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The Villalbeto de la Peña (L6) meteorite fell in Castilla y Leon, Spain, on the 4th January 2004. A total mass of 3.5 kg was recovered. 42° 48'N, 4° 40'W
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Yamato 000593
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NASA Scientists Find Evidence of Water in Meteorite, Reviving Debate Over Life on Mars A team of scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite, reviving debate i...
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Jinju meteorite
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Jinju mobbed by strangers crazy for meteorites After two rocks in Jinju, South Gyeongsang, were confirmed by the Korea Polar Research Institute as chondrites - pieces of meteorites - the region is being inundated with people who want to find their own space rocks, buy space rocks or take advantage o...
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Jiddat al Harasis 007 meteorite
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The Jiddat al Harasis 007 meteorite was discovered on the 26th November 1999 Date: 26 Nov 1999 Latitude: 19°14.9'N Longitude: 56°08.5'E Mass (g): 815 Pieces: 4 Class: L5 Shock stage: S2 Weathering grade: W4 Fayalite (mol%): 24.3 Ferrosilite (mol%): 20.2 Classifier: M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov, and S....
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Asteroid Impacts
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Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population A map released today by NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Program reveals that small asteroids frequently enter and disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere with random distribution around the globe. Released to the scientific commun...
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Paris meteorite 1817
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Paris aerolite The Edinburgh Observer February 7, 1818. On the morning of the 3rd November an aerolite of considerable size fell in the Rue de Richelieu at Paris, with such force as to displace part of the pavement, and to sink to some depth into the earth. It was accompanied by a sulphurous smell, and s...
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Slaton meteorite
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Slaton (b) 33.4336, -101.7498 Lubbock County, Texas, United States Found: 1940s Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) History: The meteorite was found at Cade Farm on Union Rd., west of Slaton, Texas, by H.M. Cade reportedly sometime in the 1940s when he was plowing his cotton field. This comes f...
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Grayton Beach Meteorite
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Experts have verified that a bowling ball-size hunk of metal unearthed near Grayton Beach is the third largest meteorite ever found in the southeastern United States. The 24-pound meteorite is thought to have crashed to Earth at least 400 years ago. Two amateur treasure-hunters found it amid a sma...
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Recent multi-kiloton impact events
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Title: Recent multi-kiloton impact events: are they truly random? Author: C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos It is customarily assumed that Earth-striking meteoroids are completely random, and that all the impacts must be interpreted as uncorrelated events distributed according to...
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Crema meteorite, 1511
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1511, September 14. At noon an almost total darkening of the heavens occurred at Crema. "During this midnight gloom," says a writer of that period, " unheard-of thunders, mingled with awful lightnings, resounded through the heavens. . . . On the plain of Crema, where never before w...
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Meteorite smashes into Nicaraguan A mysterious explosion that rocked Nicaragua's crowded capital Managua, creating a large crater, appears to have been caused by a meteorite. Amazingly, in a sprawling city of 1.2 million people, the impact near the international airport did not cause any known...
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