Adhi Kot (meteorite)

{{Short description|Meteorite landing on Earth}}

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|Name= Adhi Kot

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|Type= Chondrite

|Class= Enstatite chondrite

|Group= EH4

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|Country= Pakistan

|Region= Punjab

|Lat_Long= {{coord|32|6|N|71|48|E|display=inline,title}}{{metbull|379|Adhi Kot}}

|Observed_fall= Yes

|Fall_date=1 May 1919

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|TKW= 4.24 kg

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Adhi Kot is a meteorite that fell on 1 May 1919 in the Punjab region, now in Pakistan.[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/metcat/detail.dsml?Key=A280&passed_Name=Adhi%20Kot&index=&sort=Name&Grp=EH&beginIndex=1&listPageURL=list.dsml%3Fsort%3DName%26Grp%3DEH& The Catalogue of Meteorites Natural History Museum][http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997LPI....28..785L Elemental composition of mineral constituents from Adhi Kot EH4 chondrite] The meteorite is named after the Adhi Kot village in whose area it fell at {{Coord|32|16|N|71|49|E|display=inline|type:landmark_region:PK}} at 12PM, {{Convert|15|mi|0}} north of station Nurpur, Shahpur District (the area was part of the old Shahpur District during British Rule).[http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_23/23-139-290.pdf INDIAN METEORITES PUNJAB and DELHI: List of Indian meteorites.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815044609/http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_23/23-139-290.pdf |date=2017-08-15 }} By C. A. SI~.RRAD, B.A., B.Sc. Indian Civil Service (retired). Communicated by Dr. L. J. Spencer, F.R.S., read November 1, 1932. It was classified as an enstatite chondrite type EH4.