FALL AND RECOVERY OF THE NOBLESVILLE (INDIANA, USA) H CHONDRITE

Authors
LIPSCHUTZ ME SPAULDING B KINZIE BD GARTENHAUS S
Citation
Me. Lipschutz et al., FALL AND RECOVERY OF THE NOBLESVILLE (INDIANA, USA) H CHONDRITE, Meteoritics, 28(2), 1993, pp. 240-242
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Meteoritics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00261114
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
240 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-1114(1993)28:2<240:FAROTN>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We describe the circumstances of fall of a 0.5-kg meteorite that lande d in Noblesville, Indiana, USA, 3.6 m in front of two witnesses on 199 1 August 31. Provisional assessment of Noblesville as an H chondrite i s confirmed by data reported elsewhere which demonstrate that it is a regolith breccia with unusual properties.