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Kapoeta 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 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 be an acronym for has petrology
howarditeloworthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica 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 methodscumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixingbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred  AHOW7.1 % of meteorite falls 41 kgin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeeucrite-diogenite mixturesilicates (with very few exceptions)HED meteorite  194 Vestahigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenitecoarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated
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  
Kapoetawhich depends on its compositionorthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silicameteorite fallno chondrulesduring meteor phase which depends on compositionKapoeta-Nathalani Road, Equatoria, Sudan7:00 pm April 22, 1942cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixingKapoetanegligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instrumentsAHOW higher because the fall was witnessed41 kg31° 10' S., 127° 45' E.eucrite-diogenite mixtureoften minerals not found on Earth 11.355 kg
19meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimaldirectly proportional to initial velocity Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenitecoarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated

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