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  2. Murchison meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group of meteorites rich in organic compounds. Due to its mass (over 100 kg or 220 lb) and the fact that it was an observed fall, the Murchison meteorite is one of the most studied of all meteorites. [2]

  3. Meteorite fall - Wikipedia

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    A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are more than 1,300 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  4. Ensisheim meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The fall of the meteorite, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493. Related media on Wikimedia Commons The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace , Further Germany (now France).

  5. Buzzard Coulee meteorite - Wikipedia

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    This event has set a new Canadian record for the most number of pieces recovered from a single meteorite fall. [14] Robert A. Haag, a famous American meteorite hunter, offered $10,000 to anyone who gave him the first one-kilogram chunk of the meteorite. [3] "We can see on the videos that there were three big pieces that continue here.

  6. Startling find in meteorite that fell in UK - AOL

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    He added that, because of how quickly the 0.5kg (1lb) meteorite was retrieved – within about 12 hours – it was not contaminated by water and materials on Earth.

  7. Meteorite - Wikipedia

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    A "meteorite fall", also called an "observed fall", is a meteorite collected after its arrival was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "meteorite find". [43] [44] There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [45] [46] [47] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  8. Mahadeva Meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The Mahadeva Meteorite is an ordinary chondrite. It contains "relict chondrules, small spherical, melt-textured objects which were formed during the early solar nebula". The size of the chondrules range from "a few hundred microns to more than two millimeters across". The meteorite is categorized as petrographic type 5/6. According to the study ...

  9. This Rare Meteorite Contains Earth-Like Water and Could ... - AOL

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    The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a similar hydrogen isotope ratio to the water on Earth.. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as we ...