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The Rev. Odo Muggli has a special interest in the Richardton meteorite. His uncles, Isidore and Gerard Muggli, witnessed the falling meteorite on June 30, 1918, and his father, Zeno Muggli, was a broker for the meteorite pieces that people found. Zeno, a farmer, sent pieces of the stony meteorite to laboratories and universities for scientific research.
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In 1960 John Reynolds discovered that the Richardton meteorite had an excess of 129Xe, thought to be a result of the beta decay of iodine-129 in the early solar system
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The Richardton meteorite is a 90 kilograms H5 Ordinary chondrite that was seen to fall at 21:48 on 19 June 1918 between Mott, North Dakota and Richardton, North Dakota, United States
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Extent of the strewn field of the 90kg Richardton meteorite which fell on 19th June 1918.
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The Richardton (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell in North Dakota, USA, on the 30th June, 1918.
A total mass of 90 kg was recovered.  

46° 53'N, 102° 19'W



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