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No. Found date. 2000. TKW. 1003 kg. Related media on Wikimedia Commons. The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite —a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.
Meteorite classification. In meteoritics, a meteorite classification system attempts to group similar meteorites and allows scientists to communicate with a standardized terminology when discussing them. Meteorites are classified according to a variety of characteristics, especially mineralogical, petrological, chemical, and isotopic properties.
Cape York meteorite. / 76.133°N 64.933°W / 76.133; -64.933. The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB. In addition to many small fragments, at least eight large fragments with a total mass of 58 tonnes have ...
Meteorite. The 60- tonne, 2.7 m-long (8.9 ft) Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite. [1] A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the ...
Pallasite. A slice of the Esquel pallasite, clearly showing the large olivine crystals suspended in the metal matrix. The pallasites are a class of stony–iron meteorite. They are relatively rare, and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions in the ferro-nickel matrix.
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]
IIAB meteorites are a group of iron meteorites. Their structural classification ranges from hexahedrites to octahedrites. [2] IIABs have the lowest concentration of nickel of all iron meteorite groups. [3] Most iron meteorites are derived from the metallic planetary cores of their respective parent bodies, but in the case of the IIABs the ...
Meteorite fall statistics. Meteorite fall statistics are frequently used by planetary scientists to approximate the true flux of meteorites on Earth. Meteorite falls are those meteorites that are collected soon after being witnessed to fall, whereas meteorite finds are discovered at a later time. Although there are 30 times as much finds than ...