* Astronomy

Galkiv
Chernigov region, Ukraine
Fell 1995 January 12, 11:30 local time
Ordinary chondrite (H4)
A 5 kg stone was recovered in a grassy marshland by V. M. Leo-nenko after a sonic boom was heard. Classification and mineralogy (V. P. Semenenko and A. L. Girich, Dept. Cosmoecology and Cosmic Mineralogy, SSREU): olivine, Fa17.4-19.5 (percent mean devia-tion (PMD) = 2); pyroxene, Fs8.3-21.9 (PMD = 7); texture and low PMD values indicate petrologic type 4. Specimens: type specimen, SSREU; main mass, NASU. 
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