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La Mancha has been officially renamed to the Puerto Lapice Meteorite.
The Eucrite meteorite is an example of the class of stony meteorites known as eucrites (calcic achondrites). They are typically basalts that cooled as lava flows on the crust or surface of the parent body. Eucrites inferred to derive from a large asteroid, probably 4-Vesta. Previous studies have shown that they formed approximately 4.56 Gyr ago.

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Puerto Lapice Meteorite - Spanish Meteor Network (SPMN)



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Un "buscador profesional" de meteoritos ha encontrado restos del que el pasado 10 de mayo recorrió la Península "en un lugar indeterminado" de La Mancha, según han explicado hoy los científicos responsables de su análisis. Se trata de varios pedazos, de entre 5 y 10 gramos, de color oscuro por fuera, "con un brillo bastante excepcional", y blancos por dentro. Y son diferentes al 90% de los trozos de bólidos que suelen impactar en la Tierra.
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Encuentran fragmentos del meteorito que atravesó la península el 10 de mayo
El meteoro o bólido que atravesó el pasado 10 de mayo la península no era como el 90% de los que suelen impactar en la Tierra, según los fragmentos que se han conseguido recuperar "en un lugar indeterminado" de La Mancha, explicaron los científicos responsables de su análisis.
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Fireball spotted across central Spain
Scientists think some fragments may have fallen to earth in the Ciudad Real area
A fireball fell across the centre of the country on Thursday night with sightings in Cuenca, Toledo, Ciudad Real and Valladolid.

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A bright fireball was reported over central Spain on 10 May 2007

BÓLIDO DIURNO del 10 de mayo de 2007 (18h58m30±30s T.U.C.)

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