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Theil Mountains comparison table

Subject is an instance of has distinguishing feature has chromite content has olivine grain shape has olivine content has fall location has metal content has formation cooling rate has name has olivine crystal distribution parent body radiu has olivine composition has weather has letter designation has relative abundance has value has total mass of find has phosphate content has fall coordinate has olivine composition uniformity has composition has troilite content has schreibersite content is a kind of has olivine grain size has nickel content has find date has mass has image has number of find has origin has minor mineral has definition

Antarctic meteorite indicated 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 longitude often minerals not found on Earth meteorite recovery year is first 2 numbers in name 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal

main group pallasite mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals 1 % or less by volume from angular fragments to rounded 35 to 85 % by volume strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity higher than that of average solar system material 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred from homogeneous to heterogeneous 78 to 97 kilometers Fo 88+-1 PAL 1.5 % of meteorite falls 7207 kg 1 % or less by volume in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume pallasite typically one centimeter always greater than 4 % 33 planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter schreibersite

meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents lower because the fall was not witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth meteorite when the meteorite was found 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed

Theil Mountains Antarctic meteorite mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals 1 % or less by volume from angular fragments to rounded 35 to 85 % by volume NE base of Mount Wrather, Antarctica higher than that of average solar system material 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years Theil Mountains from homogeneous to heterogeneous 78 to 97 kilometers Fo 88+-1 can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents PAL lower because the fall was not witnessed 485755 kg 1 % or less by volume 85° 23.9' S., 86° 35.4' W. heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core often minerals not found on Earth 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume typically one centimeter always greater than 4 % December 7, 1961 28.6 kg
1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal schreibersite

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Subject	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has chromite content	has olivine grain shape	has olivine content	has fall location	has metal content	has formation cooling rate	has name	has olivine crystal distribution	parent body radiu	has olivine composition	has weather	has letter designation	has relative abundance	has value	has total mass of find	has phosphate content	has fall coordinate	has olivine composition uniformity	has composition	has troilite content	has schreibersite content	is a kind of	has olivine grain size	has nickel content	has find date	has mass	has image	has number of find	has origin	has minor mineral	has definition
Antarctic meteorite						indicated 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 longitude		often minerals not found on Earth			meteorite			recovery year is first 2 numbers in name			1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal
main group pallasite		mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	1 % or less by volume	from angular fragments to rounded	35 to 85 % by volume	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	higher than that of average solar system material	2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	from homogeneous to heterogeneous	78 to 97 kilometers	Fo 88+-1		PAL	1.5 % of meteorite falls		7207 kg	1 % or less by volume	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core	metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples	0.1 to 7.3 % by volume	0.3 to 2.8 % by volume	pallasite	typically one centimeter	always greater than 4 %				33	planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter	schreibersite
meteorite find						strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity			based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred				can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents			lower because the fall was not witnessed	485755 kg		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth			meteorite			when the meteorite was found			1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal		a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed
Theil Mountains	Antarctic meteorite	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	1 % or less by volume	from angular fragments to rounded	35 to 85 % by volume	NE base of Mount Wrather, Antarctica	higher than that of average solar system material	2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years	Theil Mountains	from homogeneous to heterogeneous	78 to 97 kilometers	Fo 88+-1	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	PAL		lower because the fall was not witnessed	485755 kg	1 % or less by volume	85° 23.9' S., 86° 35.4' W.	heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core	often minerals not found on Earth	0.1 to 7.3 % by volume	0.3 to 2.8 % by volume		typically one centimeter	always greater than 4 %	December 7, 1961	28.6 kg		1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	schreibersite