Morávka

North Moravia, Czech Republic

Fell 2000 May 6, 11:51:52 U.T.

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

After a bright fireball was observed in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, and a sonic boom was heard in northern Moravia, a 214 g stone that had passed through a spruce tree and landed in a garden was collected. Two other pieces weighing 329 and 90 g were collected later in May and in June. The fall was videotaped, allowing the calculation of orbital parameters (P. Spurnð, J. Borovička, Z. Ceplecha, CzAS): a = 1.85 ± 0.10 AU, e = 0.47 ± 0.03, q = 0.9823 ± 0.0012 AU, Q = 2.7 ± 0.2 AU, Ω= 46.2580°, ω= 203.5° ± 1.0, i = 32.2° ± 0.8. Mineralogy and classification (P. Jakeł and J. Frðda, CUP): olivine, Fa_19.2; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs_16.9; high-Ca pyroxene, Fs_6.2Wo_44.3; see also Borovicka et al. (2000). Specimens: main mass, CzAS.