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Sahara 99555 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 prototype 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 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 velocitycrystallized 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 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 
Sahara 99555which depends on its compositionAl-Ti-diopside, anorthite, calcic olivinemeteorite findno chondrulesduring meteor phase which depends on compositionSahara Desertcrystallized melts, cumulates (?)Sahara 99555can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsACANOM Angra dos Reis meteoritelower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg augiteoften minerals not found on Earth May 19992.710 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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