* Astronomy

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Karoonda meteorite

Blobrana · L

At 10.53 P.M. on November 25, 1930, an extremely brilliant meteor was seen by many observers in South Australia. A meteorite fell near Karoonda, a small settlement some 75 miles due east of Adelaide. It was found two weeks later in a sandy, fallowed wheat field by a search party from the University of Adelaide and Adelaide Observatory. The meteorite evidently consisted of a single stone which shattered on impact with the ground; some 92 pounds of fragments were collected, the largest weighing 7 pounds. The circumstances of the fall and the discovery were described by Grant and Dodwell (1931).
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Karoonda, which fell on 25 November 1930, is the only observed fall of this type of meteorite and provides the CK group name (K for Karoonda).
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The Karoonda (CK4) meteorite fell in South Australia, Australia, on the 25th November, 1930.
A total mass of 41.73 kg was recovered.

35° 5'S, 139° 55'E