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| Basic information | Name: Jesenice This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2009 Country: Slovenia Mass:  3.67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13099 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 2 Apr 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 98:
Jesenice 46°25.282’N, 14°03.130’E Upper Sava Valley, Slovenia Fell: 9 Apr 2009, 3:00 CEST (UT+2) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: On April 9, 2009, a bright fireball appeared over Carinthia and the Karavanke Mountains. The meteoroid entered the atmosphere at a steep angle and disintegrated into a large number of fragments after more than 4 s of flight. In Jesenice and its vicinity, witnesses reported loud explosions following the disappearance of the fireball. Eyewitness reports were documented and evaluated by Thomas Grau (ERFM, Bernau). Two Czech automated fireball stations of the European Fireball Network (EN) recorded the bolide. Based on photographic and photoelectric records taken by the stations, Pavel Spurný and Jiří Borovička (Academy of Science, Czech Republic) determined the atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the initial meteoroid. The bolide was also recorded by all-sky and meteor cameras in Slovenia. The supersonic boom was registered by infrasound stations and seismometers in Slovenia, Austria, Germany, and Italy. The first fragment (2.35 kg) of this fall was recovered by Jožef Pretnar and Bojana Krajnc on May 17, 2009. A second complete individual of 361 g was found on July 21, 2009 by Ralph Sporn and Martin Neuhofer (46°25.079'N, 14°03.193'E) and a third one of 956 g by Danijel Repe on August 27, 2009 (46°25.473'N, 14°02.621'E). Total weight: approximately 3.667 kg. Petrography and mineral compositions (A. Bischoff, IfP; Miha Jeršek, SMNH): The rock is fine-grained and shows brownish taints (weathering) on surfaces of the broken pieces. Shock veins were detected. In thin section Jesenice is highly recrystallized and a few relic chondrules are visible indicating it is a type 6 chondrite. This is also supported by the large grain size of plagioclase and homogeneous olivine and pyroxene. Mean olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are Fa25 and Fs21, respectively. Classification: Jesenice is an L6, S3 ordinary chondrite. Specimens: Main mass and type specimens located at SMNH. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 220: |
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| Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) SMNH: Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2014) ERFM: European Research Center for Fireballs and Meteorites, Puschkinstr. 23 16321 Bernau bei Berlin , Germany; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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