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Subject has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has degree of shock metamorphism fragment has age has shock stage has refractory inclusion abundance survive fall if vaporize completely if has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has part metal maximum bulk be associated with has fall location has fall date has metamorphism mechanism has degree of secondary process has name has chondrule glass type has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance shatter has part chondrule has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has impact velocity has peak temperature has part matrix has parent body has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has fall coordinate has part carbon has composition has monetary value has original mass has part water has origin has number of find has ablative mass loss produce has chondrule mean diameter has fall map

altered chondrite agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories low in volume % in weight % during meteor phase oldest and most primitive rock in solar system in volume % it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters usually plagioclase tectosilicate high because it is more friable than iron meteorite in weight % crater strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred definition goes here in volume % during impact phase small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals 20461 kg definition goes here when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter in volume % which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude in weight % often minerals not found on Earth large if the fall was witnessed which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site in weight % meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal 1030 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) millimeters which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

serpentine

shocked meteorite which depends on its composition from unshocked to whole rock melted during meteor phase from unshocked S1 to shock melted it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters during meteor phase which depends on composition crater strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods shock metamorphism based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred during impact phase 485755 kg when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth large if the fall was witnessed which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal 1691 directly proportional to initial velocity power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

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Subject	has sediment mechanism	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has degree of shock metamorphism	fragment	has age	has shock stage	has refractory inclusion abundance	survive fall if	vaporize completely if	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has part metal maximum bulk	be associated with	has fall location	has fall date	has metamorphism mechanism	has degree of secondary process	has name	has chondrule glass type	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has chondrule abundance	shatter	has part chondrule	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has impact velocity	has peak temperature	has part matrix	has parent body	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has fall coordinate	has part carbon	has composition	has monetary value	has original mass	has part water	has origin	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	produce	has chondrule mean diameter	has fall map
altered chondrite	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	low	in volume %	in weight %		during meteor phase	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system		in volume %	it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere	size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	in weight %	crater	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		definition goes here	in volume %	during impact phase	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	20461 kg	definition goes here	when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	in volume %	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	in weight %	often minerals not found on Earth	large if the fall was witnessed	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	in weight %	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	1030	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)	millimeters	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
serpentine
shocked meteorite		which depends on its composition			from unshocked to whole rock melted	during meteor phase		from unshocked S1 to shock melted		it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere	size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters		during meteor phase which depends on composition		crater	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	shock metamorphism		based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred				during impact phase		485755 kg		when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere						in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth	large if the fall was witnessed	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site		meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	1691	directly proportional to initial velocity	power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)		which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity