Tatahouine Comparison Table

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Tatahouine 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 solidification mechanism has name has genesi 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 property has mass has image has number of find has origin has ablative mass loss has solidification timescale has definition be an acronym for has petrology

diogenite low orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica no chondrules high because it is more friable than iron meteorite strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing cooling in deep underground chambers based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred fractional crystallization ADIO 7.1 % of meteorite falls 68 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude hyperstene silicates (with very few exceptions) plutonic cumulate formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field 8 4 Vesta high because it is more friable than iron meteorite very slow Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated

meteorite fall which depends on its composition during meteor phase which depends on composition strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or instruments based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments higher because the fall was witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth meteorite 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal directly proportional to initial velocity a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means

Tatahouine which depends on its composition orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica meteorite fall no chondrules during meteor phase which depends on composition Foum Tatahouine, 4 km NE of a small village in Tunisia 1:30 am June 27, 1931 cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing cooling in deep underground chambers Tatahouine negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments ADIO higher because the fall was witnessed 68 kg 32° 57' N., 10° 25' E. hyperstene often minerals not found on Earth formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field 13.5 kg
8 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal directly proportional to initial velocity very slow Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated

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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 solidification mechanism	has name	has genesi	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 property	has mass	has image	has number of find	has origin	has ablative mass loss	has solidification timescale	has definition	be an acronym for	has petrology
diogenite	low	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica		no chondrules	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing	cooling in deep underground chambers	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	fractional crystallization			ADIO	7.1 % of meteorite falls		68 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	hyperstene	silicates (with very few exceptions)	plutonic cumulate	formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field			8	4 Vesta	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	very slow		Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite	coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated
meteorite fall	which depends on its composition				during meteor phase which depends on composition	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or instruments			based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments			higher because the fall was witnessed	485755 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth	meteorite				1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	directly proportional to initial velocity		a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means
Tatahouine	which depends on its composition	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica	meteorite fall	no chondrules	during meteor phase which depends on composition	Foum Tatahouine, 4 km NE of a small village in Tunisia	1:30 am June 27, 1931	cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing	cooling in deep underground chambers	Tatahouine		negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	ADIO		higher because the fall was witnessed	68 kg	32° 57' N., 10° 25' E.	hyperstene	often minerals not found on Earth		formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field	13.5 kg		8	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	directly proportional to initial velocity	very slow		Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite	coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated