Astronomy:Eagle Station meteorite

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Short description: Meteorite found in the United States
Eagle Station
TypeAchondrite, pallasite
GroupPES (Eagle Station group)
CountryUnited States
RegionKentucky
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 38°37′N 84°58′W / 38.617°N 84.967°W / 38.617; -84.967
Observed fallNo
Found date1880
TKW36 kg (79 lb)[1]

The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.[2]

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Part of the meteorite on display at Natural History Museum, Vienna

It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.[3]

References

  1. "Eagle Station". Meteoritical Society. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7761. 
  2. D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors; foreword by Richard P. Binze; M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot (2006). "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification". Meteorites and the early solar system II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 19–52. ISBN 978-0816525621. http://haroldconnolly.com/EES%20716%20Fall%2009%20Reading/Lecture%201/Background%20reading/Weisberg_etal_MESSII.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2012. 
  3. Kunz, George F. (1887). "On two new meteorites from Carroll County, Kentucky and Catorce, Mexico". American Journal of Science 33 (195): 228–235. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-33.195.228. Bibcode1887AmJS...33..228K. https://zenodo.org/record/1450074. 

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