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Subject is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fall location has fall date has metal content has name has weather has fall description has weathering stage has value has fall coordinate has original mass has nickel content has find date has mass has image has origin have composition

Khor Temiki aubrite no chondrules Khor Temiki, Gash delta, Kassala, Sudan April 8, 1932 Khor Temiki 16° N, 36° E which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site
asteroid

Mayo Belwa meteorite fall no chondrules Adamawa district of north-eastern Nigeria August 3, 1974 Mayo Belwa 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 8° 58' N., 12° 5' E. which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site 4.85 kg
meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal

Mount Egerton meteorite find mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals Mount Egerton, Australia recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods higher than that of average solar system material Mount Egerton can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents extreme lower because the fall was not witnessed 24° 53' S., 117° 38' E. which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site always greater than 4 % 1941 1.7 kg
meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm

Norton County aubrite no chondrules Norton County, Kansas, USA February 18, 1948, 1656 hrs Norton County 39° 41' N, 99° 52' W 1-ton
asteroid brecciated

Peña Blanca Spring meteorite fall no chondrules small pond on the Gage Ranch nine miles southeast of Marathon, Texas 1:15 pm August 2, 1946 Peña Blanca 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 30° 7.5' N., 103° 7' W. which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site 70 kg
meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal

Subject	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has fall location	has fall date	has metal content	has name	has weather	has fall description	has weathering stage	has value	has fall coordinate	has original mass	has nickel content	has find date	has mass	has image	has origin	have composition
Khor Temiki	aubrite	no chondrules	Khor Temiki, Gash delta, Kassala, Sudan	April 8, 1932		Khor Temiki					16° N, 36° E	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site					asteroid
Mayo Belwa	meteorite fall	no chondrules	Adamawa district of north-eastern Nigeria	August 3, 1974		Mayo Belwa	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	8° 58' N., 12° 5' E.	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site			4.85 kg		meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal
Mount Egerton	meteorite find	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	Mount Egerton, Australia	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	higher than that of average solar system material	Mount Egerton	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		extreme	lower because the fall was not witnessed	24° 53' S., 117° 38' E.	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	always greater than 4 %	1941	1.7 kg		meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm
Norton County	aubrite	no chondrules	Norton County, Kansas, USA	February 18, 1948, 1656 hrs		Norton County					39° 41' N, 99° 52' W	1-ton					asteroid	brecciated
Peña Blanca Spring	meteorite fall	no chondrules	small pond on the Gage Ranch nine miles southeast of Marathon, Texas	1:15 pm August 2, 1946		Peña Blanca	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	30° 7.5' N., 103° 7' W.	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site			70 kg		meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal

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