ALH 84001 meteorite Comparison Table

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ALH 84001 meteorite comparison table

Subject has CaO content has weather resistance has MnO content fragment survive fall if is an instance of has distinguishing feature vaporize completely if has TiO2 content has FeO content has fragmentation probability be associated with has fall location has fall date has P2O5 content has impact angle has solidification mechanism has name has sulfur content has Al2O3 content has genesi has identification date has relative abundance shatter has texture has curatorial location has total mass of find has impact velocity has fall coordinate has SiO2 content has MgO content has composition has original mass has monetary value has part mineral has find date has property has Na2O content has K2O content has mass has number of find has origin has ablative mass loss produce has solidification timescale have have crater image has Cr2O3 content has fall map

ALH 84001 1.78 % by mass which depends on its composition 0.45 % by mass during meteor phase it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere Antarctic meteorite no chondrules size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters 0.20 % by mass 17.4 % by mass during meteor phase which depends on composition crater Allan Hills, Antarctica recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 0.01 % by mass cooling in deep underground chambers ALH 84001 0.01 % by mass 1.23 % by mass 1993 during impact phase MWG (JSC), SI 485755 kg when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 52.8 % by mass 24.6 % by mass often minerals not found on Earth which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site large if the fall was witnessed 1994 formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field 0.14 % by mass 0.02 % by mass 1.90 kg 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal directly proportional to initial velocity power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) very slow prototype ALH 84001 meteorite 1.22 % by mass which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

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Subject	has CaO content	has weather resistance	has MnO content	fragment	survive fall if	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	vaporize completely if	has TiO2 content	has FeO content	has fragmentation probability	be associated with	has fall location	has fall date	has P2O5 content	has impact angle	has solidification mechanism	has name	has sulfur content	has Al2O3 content	has genesi	has identification date	has relative abundance	shatter	has texture	has curatorial location	has total mass of find	has impact velocity	has fall coordinate	has SiO2 content	has MgO content	has composition	has original mass	has monetary value	has part mineral	has find date	has property	has Na2O content	has K2O content	has mass	has number of find	has origin	has ablative mass loss	produce	has solidification timescale	have	have crater image	has Cr2O3 content	has fall map
ALH 84001	1.78 % by mass	which depends on its composition	0.45 % by mass	during meteor phase	it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere	Antarctic meteorite	no chondrules	size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters	0.20 % by mass	17.4 % by mass	during meteor phase which depends on composition	crater	Allan Hills, Antarctica	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	0.01 % by mass		cooling in deep underground chambers	ALH 84001	0.01 % by mass	1.23 % by mass		1993		during impact phase		MWG (JSC), SI	485755 kg	when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	52.8 % by mass	24.6 % by mass	often minerals not found on Earth	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	large if the fall was witnessed		1994	formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field	0.14 % by mass	0.02 % by mass	1.90 kg	1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	directly proportional to initial velocity	power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)	very slow	prototype ALH 84001 meteorite		1.22 % by mass	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity