| Chassigny | is an instance of chassignite |  |
| has name Chassigny | |
| has fall location Haute-Marne, France | |
| has fall date 1815 | |
| has mass 4.00 kg | |
| has curatorial location Paris, Vienna, London | |
| has SiO2 content 37.2 % by mass | |
| has TiO2 content 0.11 % by mass | |
| has Al2O3 content 0.49 % by mass | |
| has Cr2O3 content 0.69 % by mass | |
| has FeO content 27.2 % by mass | |
| has MnO content 0.53 % by mass | |
| has MgO content 31.9 % by mass | |
| has CaO content 1.37 % by mass | |
| has Na2O content 0.12 % by mass | |
| has K2O content 0.04 % by mass | |
| has P2O5 content 0.04 % by mass | |
| has sulfur content 0.04 % by mass | |
| chassignite | has prototype Chassigny meteorite | |
| has letter designation ACANOM | |
| has characteristic mineral olivine | |
| SNC meteorite | is an acronym for Shergottite, Nakhilite, Chassignite | |
| dunnite | has composition olivine | |
| martian meteorite | has origin Mars | |
| plutonic rock | has solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers | |
| has solidification timescale very slow | |
| fractional crystallized rock | has genesis fractional crystallization | |
| achondrite | has relative abundance 7.1 % of meteorite falls | |
| has distinguishing feature no chondrules | |
| has number of finds 70 | |
| has total mass of finds 1606 kg | |
| gravitationally separated rock | has property formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field | |
| meteorite | has fall coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | |
| has fall map which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | |
| can have crater image | |
| has original mass which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site | |
| has impact velocity when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere | |
| has impact angle | |
| has weather resistance which depends on its composition | |
| has monetary value large if the fall was witnessed | |
| often produce power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) | |
| can be associated with crater | |
| vaporizes completely if size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters | |
| can survive fall if size is larger than 3 mm and velocity is less than 24 km per second | |
| can survive fall if it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere | |
| has ablative mass loss depending on composition, more friable stony meteoroids loses more mass than iron meteoroid | |
| has ablative mass loss directly proportional to initial velocity | |
| can shatter during impact phase | |
| can fragment during meteor phase | |
| has fragmentation probability during meteor phase which depends on composition | |
| stony meteorite | has weather resistance low | |
| has fragmentation probability high because it is more friable than iron meteorite | |
| has ablative mass loss high because it is more friable than iron meteorite | |
| rock | has part mineral | |
| has texture | |
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