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| x Hoba meteorite |
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1920 | 66,000,000 g | Iron meteorite |
Hoba (also known as Hoba West) (pron. "HOE-bah") is a meteorite that lies on the farm "Hoba West", not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has been uncovered but, because of its large mass, has never been moved from...
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| x Sikhote-Alin Meteorite |
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Iron meteorite |
Sikhote-Alin is an iron meteorite that fell in 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in Russia. This fall is among the largest meteorite showers in recent history.
At around 10:30 am on February 12, 1947, eyewitnesses in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains,...
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| x Yamato 791197 | Nov 20, 1979 | 52.4 g |
Yamato 791197 is a meteorite that was found in Antarctica on November 20, 1979. It is the first rock to be found on Earth identified as a lunar meteorite (see also ALH A81005). Weighing 52 grams, it is a weakly shocked feldspathic regolith breccia...
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| x Allan Hills 81005 |
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Jan 18, 1982 |
Allan Hills 81005 is a Lunar meteorite. It was the first meteorite found on Earth recognized to have originated from the Moon. It was found on January 18, 1982, in Antarctica by a team of scientists from the United States who were searching for...
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Dec 1984 | 1,930 g |
Allan Hills 84001 (commonly abbreviated ALH 84001) is a meteorite that was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica on December 27, 1984 by a team of US meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs (shergottite,...
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| x Chassigny |
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Chassigny is a Mars meteorite that was seen to fall on October 3, 1815 at about 8:00 am in Chassigny, Haute-Marne, France. Chassigny is the meteorite for which the Chassignites are named and gives rise to the "C" in SNCs. Chassigny is an olivine...
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