Astronomy:Eagle Station meteorite
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Short description: Meteorite found in the United States
| Eagle Station | |
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| Type | Achondrite, pallasite |
| Group | PES (Eagle Station group) |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 38°37′N 84°58′W / 38.617°N 84.967°W |
| Observed fall | No |
| Found date | 1880 |
| TKW | 36 kg (79 lb)[1] |
The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.[2]
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
- ↑ "Eagle Station". Meteoritical Society. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7761.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 1887AmJS...33..228K. https://zenodo.org/record/1450074.
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