Agen (meteorite)

{{Short description|Meteorite found in France}}

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|Name= Agen

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|Type= Chondrite

|Class= Ordinary chondrite

|Group= H5

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|Country= France

|Region= Aquitaine

|Lat_Long= {{coord|44|13|N|0|37|E|display=inline,title}}{{metbull|392|Agen}}

|Observed_fall= Yes

|Fall_date=September 5, 1814

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|TKW= 30 kg

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Agen is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth on September 5, 1814, in Aquitaine, France.{{Cite journal|last=Taricco|first=C.|last2=Sinha|first2=N.|last3=Bhandari|first3=N.|last4=Colombetti|first4=P.|last5=Mancuso|first5=S.|last6=Rubinetti|first6=S.|last7=Barghini|first7=D.|date=2016-09-26|title=Early 18th century cosmic ray flux inferred from 44Ti in Agen meteorite|journal=Astrophysics and Space Science|language=en|volume=361|issue=10|pages=338|doi=10.1007/s10509-016-2909-7|issn=1572-946X|bibcode=2016Ap&SS.361..338T|hdl=2318/1610590|hdl-access=free}} It is an ordinary chondrite that belongs to the petrologic type 5, thus was assigned to the group H5.