Infobox meteorite Name TagishLake Image TagishLake meteorite.jpg Image caption A 159 gram fragment of the TagishLakemeteorite Type Chondrite Class Carbonaceous chondrite Group C2 ungrouped Structural ... N 134 12 5 W display inline,title ref name database metbull 23782 TagishLake ref Observed fall Yes Fall date January 18, 2000 br 08 43 42 pst Found date TKW 10 kg Image2 Image2 caption The TagishLakemeteorite fell at 16 43 p.m. on 18 January 2000 in the TagishLake area in southwestern Yukon , Canada . History Image TagishLake in the Yukon.jpg thumb 200px TagishLake in southwestern Yukon , the site of the TagishLakemeteorite fall Fragments of the TagishLake ref name database meteorite ... The Fall, Recovery, Orbit, and Composition of the TagishLakeMeteorite A New Type of Carbonaceous Chondrite ... rock, somewhat over 10 kg about 1 was found and collected. Specimens TagishLake is classified as a carbonaceous chondrite , type C2 ungrouped. The pieces of the TagishLakemeteorite are dark grey ... blocks from the frozen surface of TagishLake. Fragments of the fresh, pristine TagishLakemeteorite ... first D. W. year 2002 month December title TagishLake a meteorite from the far reaches of the asteroid ... of Prebiotic Organic Matter As Inferred from the TagishLakeMeteorite journal Science date 10 June ... in the TagishLakemeteorite is contained in what are called nanodiamonds very tiny diamond ... that the TagishLakemeteorite had a pre entry Apollo type orbit that brought it from the outer ... , the asteroid that the TagishLakemeteorite most likely came from. References Reflist Universe ... links http www.earthtimes.org articles show 11015.html TagishLakemeteorite may have held early ... 810774 Brief Abstract http cgc.rncan.gc.ca meteor tagish e.php TagishLakemeteorite specimen pictures ... 500 fragments of the meteorite were collected from the lake s frozen surface. Post event atmospheric ... The TagishLake meteoroid is estimated to have been 4 meters in diameter and 56 tonne s in weight ... more details
About the lake the meteoriteTagishLakemeteorite Infobox lakelake name TagishLake image lakeTagish Lake.jpg caption lake A portion of TagishLake on the left half of the image during the Winter, as seen ... islands cities div style float right Image TagishLake in the Yukon.jpg thumb right TagishLake Image Bove Island in the Tagish Lake.jpg thumb right Bove Island on the TagishLake div commons category TagishLake is a lake in the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia , Canada . The lake is more .... The Klondike Highway runs along Windy Arm south of Carcross. Bennett Lake flows into TagishLake, so the northern portion of TagishLake was part of the route to the Klondike used by gold seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush . The meteorite On January 18, 2000, a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite now known as TagishLakemeteoriteTagishLake , fell on the frozen surface of the Taku Arm. A number ... Columbia Category Atlin District BritishColumbia geo stub Yukon geo stub de TagishLake fr Lac .... The lake seen on the right half of the image is Atlin Lake . image bathymetry caption bathymetry location ... of Western Ontario UWO , and NASA the meteorite currently resides in the University of Alberta meteorite collection. The name The lake is named for the Tagish people. Tagish means fish trap in the old Tagish language , an Athabascan language. ref cite web last Spotswood first Ken title The History of Tagish, Yukon Territory work The Community History Project publisher YukonAlaska.com andYukon ... Affairs Canada authorlink Indian and Northern Affairs Canada title Tagish Yukon work Northern Information Network Community Profiles url http www.ainc inac.gc.ca nin pro ykn tagish e.html accessdate ... tagish e.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 10 02 ref Other sources translate Tagish as it spring ice is breaking up . ref cite web last Yukon Native Language Centre title Tagish url http www.yukoncollege.yk.ca ... 2007 07 10 ref Fauna Tagish lies in the path of migratory swan s that come every spring to wait ... more details
Unsourced date December 2011 Tagish is an unincorporated community in the Yukon , Canada . It is Convert 30 km east of Carcross, Yukon on the Tagish Road at the northern end of TagishLake . The greater Tagish area also includes the Tagish Estates, Tagish Beach and Taku subdivisions, the latter two developed for cottages but now serving for many year round homes. California Beach is a part of Tagish Beach subdivision. Tagish Beach and Taku have their own community hall. The population of Tagish in 2001 was 206. External links http www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca communities carcross tagish Community profile Subdivisions of Yukon coord 60 18 N 134 16 W region CA type city source GNS enwiki display title Category Settlements in Yukon Yukon geo stub de Tagish Yukon fr Tagish Yukon ... more details
The Tagish or Tagish Khw an are a group of Athabaskan First Nation people that lived around TagishLake and Marsh Lake , in the Yukon Territory of Canada . Tagish people intermarried heavily with Tlingit people Tlingit people from the coast and the Tagish language is almost extinct. Today Tagish people live mainly in Carcross, Yukon Carcross or Whitehorse, Yukon and are members of the Carcross Tagish First Nation or the Kwanlin D n First Nation . Members of the Tagish First Nation made the gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush Keish Keish Skookum Jim Mason , Shaaw Tl a Shaaw Tl a Kate Carmack and K a goox K a goox Dawson Charlie . The word Tagish also refers to the Tagish language , an Athabaskan language spoken by the ancestors of these people. Tagish means it spring ice is breaking up and also gave its name to TagishLake . There are currently only two remaining people who speak Tagish fluently. External links http www.yukoncollege.yk.ca ynlc languages tg tg.html Yukon Native Language Centre http www.ctfn.ca Carcross Tagish First Nation FirstNations stub First Nations in the Yukon Category First Nations in Yukon av de Tagish es Tagish eo Tagi oj hr Tagish id Tagish ja nds Tagish ru ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Tagish Road also known as Yukon Highway 8 is a convert 33 mi km adj on abbr off road, now hard surfaced, that links Jake s Corner on the Alaska Highway with Carcross, Yukon on the Klondike Highway . convert spell 1 mi km case u from Jake s Corner is the terminus of the Atlin Road . The small community of Tagish, Yukon Tagish is located convert 12 mi km from Jake s Corner. Until the Alaska Highway was completed in 1943 along Marsh Lake, the Tagish Road was a vital segment of the original Alaska Highway route opened in the fall of 1942. For many years, a long wooden bridge was a vital link over the Tagish River, but a concrete bridge replaced it. Rerouting and realignment of the first convert 12 mi km was completed in June, 2005. See also List of Yukon territorial highways coord missing Yukon Category Roads in Yukon fr Tagish Road ru ... more details
Image Northwest relief TagishHighland.png thumb 300px right Location map of the Tagish Highland estimated The Tagish Highland is an upland area on the inland side of the northernmost Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains , spanning far northwestern British Columbia from Atlin Lake to the area of the pass at Champagne, Yukon between the Alsek River Alsek and Yukon River s. In some classification systems, and most likely in local terminology, the Tagish Highland is considered to be part of the Boundary Ranges, as is the neighbouring Tahltan Highland to its south. As classified by the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia per S. Holland, the Tagish Highland is part of the system unofficially described as the Interior Mountains also the Northern Interior Mountains . It is not as high or glacial as the neighbouring areas of the Boundary Ranges, but it is very rugged with extreme variations in relief. Historically it is notable as the location of the network of valleys leading inland from the Chilkoot Pass Chilkoot and White Pass es from the Yukon Port s of Skagway, Alaska Skagway and Haines, Alaska to the headwaters of the Yukon River, downstream from which prospectors voyaged to the legendary goldfields of the Klondike Gold Rush . Sub ranges Bennett Range Sloko Range White Range References BCGNIS 35254 Tagish Highland S. Holland. Landforms of British Columbia , Province of British Columbia 1976 . Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord missing Yukon Category Mountain ranges of British Columbia Category Boundary Ranges Category Landforms of Yukon Category Stikine Plateau BritishColumbia geo stub Yukon geo stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Tagish nativename T gish states Canada speakers 2 ethnicity Tagish people familycolor Den Yeniseian fam2 Na Den languages Na Den fam3 Athabaskan languages Athabaskan fam4 Northern Athabaskan languages Northern Athabaskan iso3 tgx Tagish is an endangered language endangered Athabaskan languages Northern Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Tagish people in the Yukon Territory in Canada . It is almost extinct language extinct as there are only two fluent speakers left. Tagish is closely related to Kaska language Kaska and Tahltan . Although listed as distinct languages, the three might better be considered varieties of the same language. See also Tagish Tahltan External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code tgx Ethnologue Yukon Native Language Centre s http www.ynlc.ca languages tg tg.html introduction to the Tagish Language http www.ynlc.ca materials lessons wrenl index.html Audio files of common words and expressions Category Northern Athabaskan languages Category Indigenous languages of the North American Subarctic Category First Nations languages in Canada Category First Nations in Yukon Category Endangered Athabaskan languages na lang stub es Idioma tagish fr Tagish langue mrj frr Tagish spriak pms Lenga tagish ru tr Tagi e ... more details
, the collision of a large meteorite, asteroid, comet, or other celestial object with a planet Lake ... in the Marvel Comics universe Meteorite comics Image Willamette Meteorite AMNH.jpg thumb Willamette Meteorite discovered in the U.S. state of Oregon A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth s surface. A meteorite s size can range from small to extremely .... More generally, a meteorite on the surface of any celestial body is a natural object that has come .... first Harry Y. year 1976 title A new type of chondritic meteorite found in lunar soil journal Earth ... Meteorite on Mars publisher JPL date January 19, 2005 url http marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov newsroom pressreleases ... are known as finds . As of February 2010, there are approximately 1,086 Meteorite falls witnessed falls ... meteorite finds. ref name mbdb http www.lpi.usra.edu meteor metbull.php Meteoritical Bulletin Database ... meteorite s are largely composed of metallic iron nickel and, stony iron meteorites contain large amounts of both metallic and rocky material. Modern Meteorite classification classification schemes divide ... simple template.cfm?code pub bulletinguidelines Meteoritical Society Guidelines for Meteorite ..., Alabama Sylacauga meteorite is sometimes called the Hodges meteorite after Ann Hodges , the woman who was struck by it the Canyon Diablo meteorite , which formed Meteor Crater has dozens ... by scientists, catalogers, and most collectors. Fall phenomena see also atmospheric entry Image Meteorite Lapham.jpg thumb Meteorite which fell in Wisconsin in 1868 Media Increase Lapham.meteor.jpg Full image . See below How large is a meteorite, and how large is a marble? The Marble article doesn t tell. It s much better to give the meteorite size in SI units. Most meteoroids disintegrate when entering ... to livestock and people. Image Campo iron meteorite.jpg thumb left Campo del Cielo iron meteorite .... The very first example of a stony meteorite found in association with a large impact crater ... more details
of midsummer day, July 14, 2006. The last time a type CO3 meteorite fell from the sky was in 1937 with Kainsaz meteorite Kainsaz , Russia. There are 6 known falls of a CO3 meteorite. Being of the rare Carbonaceous chondrite carbonaceous subtype, meteorite man Robert A. Haag Robert Haag stated to the media that this was the most important meteorite fall since the Canadian TagishLakemeteoriteTagishLake fall in January 2000. History Prelude The summer of 2006 was the meteorite summer ...Infobox meteorite Name Moss Image Moss meteorite, slice.jpg Image caption Type Chondrite Class Carbonaceous chondrite Group CO3 Structural classification Composition Shock S2 Weathering Country Norway Region Moss and Rygge , stfold county fylke Lat Long Coord 59 26 N 10 42 E display inline,title ref name metbull metbull 36592 Moss ref Observed fall Yes Fall date 10 20 am local time 8 20 GMT on July 14, 2006 Found date TKW 4 kg s Moss is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that Meteorite fall fell ... was found from that event, its size stirred a whole world of meteorite aficionados and a stunned ... s number one TV channel, that a meteorite had been found in a mans driveway south of Stavanger ... as it was, just four days later the skies opened for a true meteorite fall event. This turned out to be the 13th find of a meteorite in Norway. At the same time its 9th fall. As if this was not enough ..., in north limited to roughly Lake Mj sa , in east from rj ng , Sweden, and in the southwest to the coast ... tak 1.4269829 Moss Avis newspaper About fifth stone, 676g ref of the Moss CO3.6 meteorite. They distributed ... meteorite, slice2.jpg thumb Moss slice Several scientific papers have come out on the closer study of the meteorite. The first preliminary study of August 2006 showed that it contains numerous small ... Ornans meteorite Ornans type. Its accepted designation is CO3.6. Its petrologic type 3.6 means that it is only ... stage is S2. References references DEFAULTSORT Moss Meteorite Category Meteorites found in Norway ... more details
The Carcross Tagish First Nation C TFN or CTFN is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centres were Carcross, Yukon and Tagish, Yukon , although many of its citizens also live in Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse . The languages originally spoken by Carcross Tagish people were Tagish and Tlingit language Tlingit . The original gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush was made by Tagish people. While the First Nation negotiated a Yukon Land Claims land claims agreement, the population refused to ratify it in a referendum in 2005. Notable residents Div col 2 Kate Carmack Dawson Charlie Keish Keish Skookum Jim Mason Angela Sidney Div col end The discovery claim for the Klondike gold rush was made by American George Carmack. Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie from the Carcross Tagish first nation made claims on either side of the discovery claim and shared the wealth of all 4 claims which was reported to be over one million dollars. External links http www.ctfn.ca Carcross Tagish First Nation web site http sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca fnprofiles FNProfiles DETAILS.asp?BAND NUMBER 491 Government of Canada s Department of Indian and Northern Affairs First Nation profile FirstNations stub First Nations in the Yukon Category First Nations in Yukon Category First Nation governments in Yukon Category Tlingit Category Carcross, Yukon de Carcross Tagish First Nation fr Premi re nation de Carcross Tagish ... more details
File Bolide.jpg thumb Witnessed bolide Meteorite falls , also called observed falls , are those meteorites ... the Earth, and were subsequently collected. All other meteorites are called meteorite find finds . ref ..., complete list of the well documented meteorite falls, showing the name of the meteorite, the date it fell, the place of fall, and the type of meteorite. More information can be obtained on all of these in the databases cited below. For statistical summaries of these data, see Meteorite fall statistics . Not included are meteorite falls referred to in the literature e.g., Yao et al., 1994 ref Yao K., Weissman P. and Yeomans D. 1994 Meteorite falls in China and some related human ... align center Meteorite name Date Country State or province Meteorite classification Classification Meteoritical Bulletin Aachen meteorite Aachen unknown Germany Nordrhein Westfalen L5 Aarhus meteorite Aarhus sort 1951 10 02 October 2, 1951 Denmark Arhus H6 Abee meteorite Abee sort 1952 06 10 June 10, 1952 Canada Alberta EH4 Acapulco meteorite Acapulco sort 1976 08 11 August 11, 1976 Mexico Guerrero Acapulcoite Achiras 1902 Argentina C rdoba L6 Adhi Kot meteorite Adhi Kot sort 1919 05 01 May ... LL3 Agen meteorite Agen sort 1814 09 05 September 5, 1814 France Aquitaine H5 Aguada meteorite Aguada sort 1930 09 September 1930 Argentina C rdoba L6 Aguila Blanca meteorite Aguila Blanca sort 1920 01 15 January 15, 1920 Argentina C rdoba chondrite Aioun el Atrouss meteorite Aioun el Atrouss sort 1974 04 17 April 17, 1974 Mauritania Hodh el Gharbi Diogenite A r meteorite A r 1925 Niger Agadez L6 Aire sur la Lys meteorite Aire sur la Lys sort 1769 09 Autumn Autumn 1769 France Nord Pas de Calais stone Akaba meteorite Akaba sort 1949 09 21 September 21, 1949 Jordan Ma an L6 Akbarpur meteorite Akbarpur sort 1838 04 18 April 18, 1838 India Uttar Pradesh H4 Akwanga meteorite Akwanga sort 1959 07 02 July 2, 1959 Nigeria Plateau chondrite Akyumak meteorite Akyumak sort 1981 08 02 August 2, 1981 ... more details
State University for further study. LineColor Episode list EpisodeNumber 5 Title The Dry Lake Bed, Nevada OriginalAirDate 17 February 2010 ShortSummary The Meteorite Men hunt around dry lake beds in the Great ...Unreferenced date October 2010 Infobox television show name Meteorite Men genre Documentary film Documentary Reality television Reality image File Meteorite Men title screen.jpg 230px caption small Meteorite ... tv meteorite men company Meteorite Men is a documentary film documentary reality television reality ... and Geoffrey Notkin are the Meteorite Men. They both visit areas around the world where meteorites .... Meteorite Men has won two bronze Telly Awards. Episodes Season 1 class wikitable style ... Coulee Fireball and Whitecourt Crater, Canada OriginalAirDate 20 January 2010 ShortSummary The Meteorite ... Coulee meteorite Buzzard Coulee Fireball . LineColor Episode list EpisodeNumber 2 Title Odessa Meteorite Crater, Texas OriginalAirDate 27 January 2010 ShortSummary The Meteorite Men search for pieces ... The Meteorite Men hunt for pieces of the elusive Tucson Ring in Southern Arizona . LineColor Episode list EpisodeNumber 4 Title The Gold Basin, Arizona OriginalAirDate 10 February 2010 ShortSummary The Meteorite ... 24 February 2010 ShortSummary The Meteorite Men hunt in Texas for a recent meteorite fall at Ash Creek meteorite Ash Creek and visit the Tucson Gem and Mineral show. LineColor Season 2 class ... secret location in eastern Kansas where a rare pallasite meteorite contains extraordinary gem ... preserved meteorite craters on the planet. Measuring 34 meters 112 feet deep, the Monturaqui crater ... Juan is a newly discovered meteorite gold mine, where numerous different meteorites have been recovered ... testimony, the Meteorite Men track the strewn field down to Dugway Proving Ground Dugway Military ... the most publicized meteorite fall in history, swarms of meteorite hunters flooded the scene ... 14 December 2010 ShortSummary The Henbury Crater Henbury meteorite strewn field consists of 12 ... more details
The Weston meteorite is a meteorite which fell to earth above the town of Weston, Connecticut at approximately 6 30 in the morning on December 14, 1807. ref Cite web url http www.peabody.yale.edu collections met met weston.html title The Weston Meteorite Yale Peabody Museum ref The meteor fall was widely witnessed and reported in newspaper accounts at the time. ref name LPS Cite web url http www.lpi.usra.edu meetings lpsc2008 pdf 2163.pdf title The Weston Meteorite ref Eyewitnesses reported three loud explosions, and stone fragments fell in at least six locations. ref Cite web url http www.marmet meteorites.com id11.html title Peter Marmet Meteorite Collection ref Fragments from the fall were collected, documented, and chemically analyzed by Yale University professors Benjamin Silliman and James Kingsley . The Weston meteorite is the first meteorite to fall in the New World which was documented in such a manner, marking the beginning of meteorite science in the United States . Fragments of the meteorite remain within the Yale meteorite collection, which is the oldest such collection in the United States. ref name LPS References Reflist Category Meteorites ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Beardsley meteorite fell in Kansas Kansas, US , in 1929. References http www.meteorite times.com Back Links 2005 January Accretion Desk.htm meteorite times.com See also Meteorite falls Category Meteorites Category 1929 in the United States Category Geology of Kansas petrology stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2012 Use Australian English date January 2012 Wikify date August 2011 style float right File Karoonda meteor1.jpg thumb 120px Karoonda meteorite commemorative column File Karoonda meteor2.jpg thumb 120px Karoonda meteorite commemorative plaque The Karoonda meteorite fell to earth on 25 November 1930 at 10 53 pm near the South Australian town of Karoonda, South Australia Karoonda . ref cite web url http www.dckem.sa.gov.au site page.cfm?u 169 title Karoonda Meteorite accessdate 2007 01 15 date 11 January 2005 publisher District Council of Karoonda East Murray ref The CK chondrite s were named for this meteorite. References references External links http www.nyrockman.com museum karoonda 12.5.htm Karoonda meteorite fragments in the R.A. Langheinrich meteorite collection http digitallibrary.amnh.org dspace bitstream 2246 3418 1 N2115.pdf search 22Karoonda 20meteorite 22 An article from the American Museum of Natural History on the meteorite Category History of South Australia Category Meteorites Category Impact events Category Meteorite falls Category 1930 in Australia Category 1930 in science meteoroid stub ja ... more details
File Peekskill meteorite in Museum of Natural History.jpg thumb Portion of the meteorite in the National Museum of Natural History . The Peekskill meteorite broke up over the United States on October 9, 1992, an event witnessed by thousands across the East Coast of the United States East Coast . The meteorite broke up over Kentucky and damaged a parked Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York on impact. Major cities like Pittsburgh witnessed the bright meteorite. The meteorite traveled northeast and had a pronounced greenish color. The meteorite has been captured on 16 different videos and remains as one of the most famous meteorite sightings. Citation needed date August 2010 See also Tunguska event Vitim event Cando event Potentially hazardous asteroid Near Earth object Impact event External links http antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov apod ap061119.html photo of the car and meteorite from Astronomy Picture of the Day All in French. http fireball.meteorite.free.fr 1992 10 09 Video video peekskill.html All 16 Videos of the Peekskill Meteorite s sightings http fireball.meteorite.free.fr 1992 10 09 Photo photo peekskill.html 5 photos of the Peekskill Meteorite s sightings http fireball.meteorite.free.fr 1992 10 09 Description description peekskill.html Detailed Description coord 41 17 11 N 73 54 59 W region US NY type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title DEFAULTSORT Peekskill Meteorite Category Meteorites Category 1992 in the United States Category 1992 in science Category Peekskill, New York meteoroid stub de Peekskill Meteorit ja pl Peekskill meteoryt zh ... more details
Infobox meteorite Name Albareto Image Meteorite di Albareto.jpg Image caption Type Chondrite Class Ordinary chondrite Group L LL4 Structural classification Composition Shock Weathering Country Italy Region Emilia Romagna Lat Long coord 44 39 N 11 01 E display inline,title ref name metbulldb metbull 453 Albareto ref Observed fall Yes Fall date July 1766 Found date TKW 2 kg Image2 Image2 caption Albareto is a meteorite which in July 1766 fell near the frazione Albareto, of Modena , Emilia Romagna , Italy . This town is very often erroneously confused with Albareto in the province of Parma . Composition and classification Albareto is a transitional ordinary chondrite between the L and the LL group. It belongs to the petrologic type 4. History The fall of the Albareto s meteorite is documented in a document Della caduta di un sasso dall aria of the natural philosopher Domenico Troili . ref From http www.gemma.unimore.it doc app meteoriti.pdf ref Troili not realized the extraterrestrial origin of the phenomenon but provided with his treatise one of the first chronicles the fall of a meteorite. In addition to describing the phenomenon Troili carefully examined and noted the meteorite grains of a mineral similar to brass, which he called marchesita and that for long was thought to be pyrite FeS sub 2 sub . In 1862 the German mineralogist Gustav Rose analyzed the composition of this mineral, and determined a different chemical formula FeS. Rose called this new mineral Troilite in honor of Domenico Troili ref Gerald Joseph Home McCall, A. J. Bowden, Richard John Howarth, http books.google.com ?id 7SvtVoa1W cC&pg PA206 The history of meteoritics and key meteorite collections , Geological Society, 2006, 206 207. ISBN 1862391947 ref Notes references See also MeteoriteMeteorite falls Ordinary chondrite Category Meteorites found in Italy Category Modena Category 1766 in Europe Category 18th century in Italy Category 1766 in science it Albareto meteorite pl Albareto meteoryt ... more details
orphan date November 2009 Unreferenced date April 2011 The Mbozi meteorite in Tanzania is one of the world s largest meteorite s. Variously estimated as the fourth largest to the eighth largest, it is located near the city of Mbeya in Tanzania s southern highlands. The meteorite is 3m long, 1m high, and weighs an estimated 25 metric tons. Nine tenths of its composition is iron, with roughly 8 nickel and traces of other elements including phosphorus. The Mbozi meteorite has no crater. Mbozi has been long known to locals, who call it kimwondo , yet became known to outsiders only in the 1930s. See also Iron meteorite References Reflist coord 9 07 S 33 04 E source kolossus plwiki display title Category Landforms of Tanzania Category Meteorites sw Kimondo cha Mbozi ja pl Mbozi meteoryt ... more details
orphan date April 2010 File Kesen meteorite.jpg thumb Kesen meteorite, main mass The Kesen Meteorite is a meteorite that fell on June 13, 1850, landing in a swamp in the outskirts of the Rikuzentakata City of Rikuzentakata , Kesen District, Iwate Kesen District in Iwate Prefecture , Japan . Classification It was classified as a H chondrite H4 type ordinary chondrite . Main mass The meteorite initially weighed 135 kg, however some local residents cut off pieces for charms or souvenirs such that its current weight is 106 kg. The meteorite was moved to Tokyo where it was held in the Imperial Household Museum. It is currently housed at the Tokyo National Science Museum National Museum Of Nature and Science . A full scale replica can also be seen at a the Rikuzentakata Municipal Museum. External links http www.city.rikuzentakata.iwate.jp kakuka hakubutu tenjiannai kesen.htm Rikuzentakata Municipal Museum Category Meteorites ja ru Kesen uk Kesen ... more details
Infobox meteorite Name Willamette Image Willamette Meteorite AMNH.jpg Image caption Willamette Meteorite at the American Museum of Natural History Type Iron meteorite Iron Class Group IIIAn Structural ... 122 35 W display inline,title ref http www.mindat.org loc 31274.html Willamette meteorite, West Linn ... date 1902 TKW convert 14150 kg ST ref name AMJ Image2 Image2 caption The Willamette Meteorite , officially ... nickel meteorite discovered in the U.S. state of Oregon . It is the largest meteorite found ... Hall of the Universe The Willamette Meteorite publisher American Museum of Natural History accessdate 2007 11 02 ref There was no impact crater at the discovery site researchers believe the meteorite ... Meteorite journal Abstracts and Program for the 49th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society pages 208 bibcode 1986LPICo.600E.208P volume 600 ref The meteorite is currently on display at the American Museum of Natural History , which acquired the meteorite in 1906. ref name AMNH http www.amnh.org ... ref BENJAMIN WEISER. Museum Sues to Keep Meteorite Sought by Indian Group . The New York Times, February ... Meteorite weighs about 32,000 pound mass pound s or 15.5 tons. It is classified as a meteorite classification type III iron meteorite , being composed of over 91 iron and 7.62 nickel , with traces of cobalt and phosphorus . The approximate dimensions of the meteorite are 10 feet 3.05 m tall by 6.5 feet 1.98 m wide by 4.25 feet 1.3 m deep. The deep crevasses of the meteorite resulted from both ... of sulfuric acid which slowly dissolved portions of the meteorite. This resulted over a very long ..., University of California Press 1975. ref Modern history The Willamette Meteorite was discovered in the Willamette ... the land was owned by the Oregon Iron and Steel Company . Hughes recognized the meteorite s significance ... Strange Journey Further Travels of The Willamette Meteorite. Meteor Treasures. Retrieved on October 31, 2007. ref Image willamette meteorite.jpg left frame Willamette Meteorite in the early 20th century ... more details
File Nakhla meteorite.jpg thumb 300px Nakhla meteorite s two sides and its inner surfaces after breaking ... of the surface of a grain of the meteorite showing small pits filled with material. On Earth , such pits ... meteorite , depicting biomorph material the larger, broad knife like and the small, donut shaped features. Nakhla is a famous martian meteorite fallen in Egypt in 1911. History It fell to Earth ... . ref name NASA http www2.jpl.nasa.gov snc nakhla.html The Nakhla Meteorite From NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ref ref http www.nhm.ac.uk nature online virtual wonders vrmeteorite5.html Nakhla meteorite fragment From the Natural History Museum. Rotatable image of a fragment of the meteorite. URL ... the meteorite fell to Earth in an area of 4.5 km in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered ... ranged in weight from 20g to 1813g. ref name NASA The Nakhla dog One fragment of the meteorite was said .... Classification It is the prototypical example of a Nakhlite type meteorite of the SNC Group of Mars meteorite s. Martian origins Thirty four meteorites thought to have originated from Mars have ... Mars Meteorites accessdate 2010 02 16 publisher NASA ref , including the Nakhla meteorite. These are considered ... the Earth s atmosphere . Signs of water Nakhla is the first Martian meteorite to show signs of aqueous ... acids in the Martian meteorite Naklah . Retrieved 2010 11 13. ref Signs of life In March 1999, after receiving part of the meteorite from the British Museum in 1998 ref name NTRS , a team from NASA NASA s Johnson Space Center examined the Nakhla meteorite using an optical microscope and a powerful ... , which holds several intact fragments of the meteorite, allowed NASA researchers to break one ... nature 289214.stm BBC News Life on Mars new claims ref Amino acids within the meteorite In 1999, various amino acid s were isolated from the meteorite fragment at Johnson Space Center. Among them were ... they were originally from the meteorite or the product of terrestrial contamination. ref name ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox meteorite Name Krasnojarsk Image Krasnojarsk meteorite old.jpg Image caption Hand colored drawing Type Stony iron meteorite Stony iron Class Pallasite Group Pallasite Main Group Structural classification Medium octahedrite Composition Shock Weathering Country Russia Region Krasnoyarsk Krai Lat Long coord 54 54 N 91 48 E display inline,title ref name metbull metbull 12356 Krasnojarsk ref Observed fall No Fall date Found date 1749 TKW 700 kg Image2 Image2 caption Krasnojarsk was the first pallasite meteorite ever found. History A mass of about 700 kg was detected in 1749 about 145 miles south of Krasnoyarsk . It was seen by Peter Simon Pallas P.S. Pallas in 1772 and then on his orders transported to Saint Petersburg . Krasnojarsk was the first pallasite meteorite ever found and studied and lead to the creation of the Pallasite group named after Peter Simon Pallas Pallas . It was also the first meteorite ever etched with acid by G. Thomson and therefore was the first one to show to human eyes the Widmanst tten pattern . The main mass of 515 kg is now in Moscow at the Academy of Sciences. Composition and classification File Krasnojarsk meteorite, AMNH.jpg thumb Krasnojarsk meteorite slice at the American Museum of Natural History . It is a stony iron meteorite of the Main Group Pallasite MGP group. Notes references See also Peter Simon Pallas G. Thomson Pallasite External links http www.lpi.usra.edu meteor metbull.php Meteoritical Bulletin Database Category Meteorites found in Russia Category Krasnoyarsk Krai meteoroid stub de Krasnojarsk Meteorit ja pl Krasnojarsk meteoryt ru sl Krasnojarsk meteorit ... more details
Infobox meteorite Name Ensisheim Image Ensisheim meteorit donnerstein 1 vss2007.jpg Image caption Ensisheim meteorite in the town s museum Type Chondrite Class Ordinary chondrite Group LL6 ref cite journal last McSween, Jr. first Harry Y. coauthors Marvin E. Bennett III, Eugene Jarosewich title The Mineralogy of Ordinary Chondrites and Implications for Asteroid Spectrophotometry journal Icarus year 1991 volume 90 pages 107 116 accessdate 4 March 2012 bibcode 1991Icar...90..107M doi 10.1016 0019 1035 91 90072 2 ref Structural classification Composition Shock Weathering Country France Region Ensisheim Lat Long Observed fall Yes ref name McSween cite book last McSween first Harry Y. title Meteorites and Their Parent Planets year 1999 publisher Cambridge University Press location Cambridge u.a. isbn 0521583039 edition 2. ed. accessdate 3 March 2012 ref Fall date 7 November 1492 Found date 7 November 1492 TKW 127 kg Image2 Image2 caption The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite observed to fall on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside of the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace , Further Austria now France . The meteorite is an LL chondrite LL6 ordinary chondrite , weighing 127 ... the meteorite and its fall in the poem, Loose Leaves Concerning the Fall of the Meteorite. The fall of the meteorite through the Earth s atmosphere was observed as a fireball for a distance of up to 150 ... farms and villages gathered at the location to raise the meteorite from its impact hole and began removing pieces of the meteorite. A local magistrate interfered with the destruction of the stone ... music broadsheets in Latin language Latin and German language German with a poem about the meteorite ... cite journal last Marvin first Ursula B. title The meteorite of Ensisheim 1492 to 1992 journal ... Germans German painter and mathematician Albrecht D rer sketched his observations of the fall of the meteorite ... Meteorite falls fr M t orite d Ensisheim als Ensisheim Meteorit de Ensisheim Meteorit ja ... more details
Infobox meteorite Name Hoba Image The Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein.jpg Image caption The Hoba meteorite ... fall No Fall date 80,000 years ago Found date 1920 TKW 60 tonne s ref name database Image2 Hoba Meteorite vandalism.jpg Image2 caption Closeup of Hoba meteorite vandalism Hoba ref name database also known as Hoba West pron. HOE bah is a meteorite that lies on the farm Hoba West , not far from Grootfontein ... and it is the largest known meteorite as a single piece and the most massive naturally occurring piece of iron known at the Earth s surface. The fall The Hoba meteorite is thought to have landed ... excavation. The meteorite is unusual in that it is flat on both major surfaces, possibly causing .... Discovery dx Image Hoba Meteorite.jpg thumb 150px The Hoba meteorite before the construction of the circular steps The Hoba meteorite left no preserved Impact crater crater and its discovery was a chance ..., before his plough came to a sudden stop. The meteorite was excavated soon after and identified and described ... thumb 180px The Hoba meteorite in 1967. Hoba is a tabloid body of metal, measuring 2.7 by 2.7 metres ... estimated at just over 60 tons. The meteorite is composed of about 84 iron and 16 nickel , with traces of cobalt . It is classified as an ataxite iron meteorite belonging to the nickel rich ... , declared the Hoba meteorite to be a National Monument on March 15, 1955 with permission of Mrs ... Mr. J. Engelbrecht, the owner of Hoba West farm, donated the meteorite and the site where it lies to the State .... As a result of these developments, vandalism of the Hoba meteorite has ceased and it is now visited ..., The History of the Hoba Meteorite Part I Nature and Discovery, Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa 67, nos. 5 6 2008 , pp. 85 94. P.E. Spargo, The History of the Hoba Meteorite .... 9 10 2008 , pp. 166 77. P.E. Spargo, The History of the Hoba Meteorite Part III Known and Loved ... The history of the Hoba Meteorite III 3a known and loved by all ... a0199589514 ... more details
Meteorite Name Chambord Image Image caption Image width Type Iron Class Group IIIAB ref name database Structural classification Medium octahedrite Composition Country Canada Region Quebec , Canada Lat Long Coord 48 25 00 N 72 02 00 W region CA QC display inline,title Observed fall no Fall date Found date 1904 TKW convert 6.6 kg lb ref name database Image2 Image2 caption Chambord is an iron meteorite ref name database http www.lpi.usra.edu meteor metbull.php?code 5318 Meteoritical Bulletin Database ref found in Quebec . History It was found in 1904 by a farmer about 3 km from the village of Chambord, Quebec ref Johnson, The Chambord Meteorite, Ottawa Naturalist, June 4, 1906 ref . The exact location and the name of the farmer are unknown. When the meteorite was found, it was brought to the attention of the superintendent of Mines for the Province of Quebec who then loaned it to the Geological Survey of Canada for analysis. Classification It is a medium octahedrite , IIIAB. Fragments The recovered fragment is an irregularly shaped block about 19 x 9 x 15 cm. The entire mass is in the Canadian Meteorite Collection, Geological Survey of Canada , Ottawa . See also Meteorite References Reflist Category Meteorites found in Canada Category 1904 in Canada Geology stub ... more details
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