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Old Homestead 001 comparison table
Subject has weather resistance has minerology is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fragmentation probability has fall location has likely origin has name has weather 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 find date 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 velocitycumulates, 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 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 kgin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earthmeteoritewhen the meteorite was found  1691meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimaldirectly proportional to initial velocitya meteorite whose fall was not witnessed  
Old Homestead 001which depends on its compositionorthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silicameteorite findno chondrulesduring meteor phase which depends on compositionNullarbor Plain, Western Australiacumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixingHomestead 001can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsAHOW lower because the fall was not witnessed41 kg31° 10' S., 127° 45' E.eucrite-diogenite mixtureoften minerals not found on Earth June 19910.783 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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