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Subject has weather resistance fragment survive fall if has distinguishing feature vaporize completely if has fragmentation probability be associated with has fall location has fall date has impact angle has solidification mechanism has name has genesi has letter designation has relative abundance shatter has texture has prototype has total mass of find has impact velocity has fall coordinate has characteristic mineral has composition has original mass has monetary value is a kind of has part mineral has property has number of find has origin has ablative mass loss produce has solidification timescale have crater image be an acronym for has fall map
nakhilitelowduring meteor phaseit fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphereno chondrulessize is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimetershigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritecraterstrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods cooling in deep underground chambersbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredfractional crystallizationACANOM7.1 % of meteorite fallsduring impact phase Nakhla meteorite1606 kgwhen it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmospherein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudediopside-olivinecumulus-augite-bearing proxenitewhich can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact sitelarge if the fall was witnessedclinopyroxenite formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field70Marshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritepower outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)very slow Shergottite, Nakhilite, Chassignitewhich appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

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