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Dergaon | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dergaon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2001 Country: India Mass: 12.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Dergaon Assam, India Fell 2001 March 2, 16:40 local time Ordinary chondrite (H5) Witnesses reported a fireball accompanied by two loud explosions, and felt a slight tremor. Subsequently, H. P. Bordoloi collected the meteorite from a crater in a sugarcane field. It was in three pieces, weighing 10.3, 1.4, and 0.8 kg, respectively, with a total mass of 12.5 kg. Classification and mineralogy (K. Duorah, P. Phukan, J. Laskar, A. Muzumdar, GauU): olivine, Fa19.9; pyroxene, Fs17.8 Wo1.2. Specimens: main mass plus 150 g type specimen, Astrophysics Lab, Dept. Physics, GauU; 1.4 kg, Dergaon College; 0.8 kg, J. B. College. | ||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
GauU: Gauhati University Guwahati, Assam, India (institutional address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Assam, India This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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