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Monument Draw comparison table
Subject has weather resistance has sediment mechanism has minerology has age is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fragmentation probability has fall location has likely origin has name has weather has relative abundance has texture has prototype has value has total mass of find has peak temperature has parent body has fall coordinate has composition is a kind of has find date has mass has image has number of find has ablative mass loss has definition has petrology
acapulcoitelowagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesolivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclaseoldest and most primitive rock in solar system no chondruleshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migrationbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred 7.1 % of meteorite fallsmedium grainedAcapulco meteorite 1606 kgless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudechondritic abundances of plagioclase and troilite;primitive achondrite   70high because it is more friable than iron meteorite fine- to coarse-grained equigranular
Antarctic meteoritewhich depends on its composition     during meteor phase which depends on compositionindicated by letters in the beginning of name 3 or 4 letter contracted from find location then last two digits of year then id number     485755 kg  in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeoften minerals not found on Earthmeteoriterecovery year is first 2 numbers in name  1691directly proportional to initial velocity  
meteorite findwhich depends on its composition     during meteor phase which depends on compositionstrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredcan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents   lower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg  in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeoften minerals not found on Earthmeteoritewhen the meteorite was found  1691directly proportional to initial velocitya meteorite whose fall was not witnessed 
Monument Drawwhich depends on its compositionagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesolivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclaseoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemAntarctic meteoriteno chondrulesduring meteor phase which depends on composition18 miles NW of Andrews, Texasultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migrationMonument Drawcan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents medium grainedAcapulco meteoritelower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kgless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter32° 30.2' N., 102° 44.6' W.chondritic abundances of plagioclase and troilite; 19850.5245 kg
1691directly proportional to initial velocity fine- to coarse-grained equigranular

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