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The L type ordinary chondrites are the second most common group of meteorites, accounting for approximately 35% of all those catalogued, and 40% of the ordinary chondrites. [1] The ordinary chondrites are thought to have originated from three parent asteroids, with the fragments making up the H chondrite, L chondrite and LL chondrite groups ...
Bendegó. / 10.11694°S 39.26139°W / -10.11694; -39.26139. The Bendegó Meteorite (also known as Pedra do Bendegó or simply Bendengó) is a meteorite found in the interior of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It is the biggest iron meteorite ever found on Brazilian soil, weighting 5,360 kilograms (11,820 lb). It has been on display at the ...
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anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia [1] ALH A81005. 1981. 31. feldspathic regolith breccia; FIRST RECOGNISED LUNAR METEORITE. Yamato 82192/82193/86032. 1983–1986. 712. feldspathic fragmental breccia.
The Gordon A. McKay Award is an annual prize given by the Meteoritical Society to the student who gives the best oral presentation at its annual meeting. [1] This award honors the memory of Gordon A. McKay (1945–2008), a NASA planetary scientist specializing in lunar and Martian geochemistry. It was established in 2008 and comes with a prize ...
Murrilli (Moo-da-lee) is an ordinary chondrite of subclass type H5. [1] [3] [2] It is the third meteorite to be recovered using the Australia Desert Fireball Network (DFN) camera observatory. [1] [2] It was observed to fall on 27 November 2015 at 9:15pm local time [1] (10:43:44.50 UTC [3]) in South Australia, and recovered by the DFN team on 31 ...
Allegan is a type 5 H chondrite meteorite that landed in Michigan on July 10, 1899. Allegan weighed around fifty pounds after its landing. As of 1964, it was one of only seven known meteorites to land in Michigan. Classification. It is classified as H5-ordinary chondrite. References
