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Angra dos Reis comparison table
Subject has weather resistance has minerology is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fragmentation probability has fall location has fall date has likely origin has name has weather has fall description has letter designation has relative abundance has prototype has value has total mass of find has fall coordinate has characteristic mineral has composition is a kind of has mass has image has number of find has origin has ablative mass loss has definition has petrology
angritelowAl-Ti-diopside, anorthite, calcic olivine no chondruleshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methodscrystallized melts, cumulates (?)based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred  ACANOM7.1 % of meteorite fallsAngra dos Reis meteorite 1606 kgin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeaugitesilicates (with very few exceptions)asteroidal achondrite  70asteroidhigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite fine- to coarse-grained igneous
meteorite fallwhich depends on its composition   during meteor phase which depends on compositionstrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or instruments based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurrednegligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments   higher because the fall was witnessed485755 kgin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earthmeteorite  1691meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimaldirectly proportional to initial velocitya meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means 
Angra dos Reiswhich depends on its compositionAl-Ti-diopside, anorthite, calcic olivinemeteorite fallno chondrulesduring meteor phase which depends on compositionRio de Janeiro, Brazil5:00 am January 20, 1869crystallized melts, cumulates (?)Angra dos Reisnegligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instrumentsACANOM Angra dos Reis meteoritehigher because the fall was witnessed485755 kg22° 58' S., 44° 19' W.augiteoften minerals not found on Earth 1.5 kg
1691meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimaldirectly proportional to initial velocity fine- to coarse-grained igneous

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