Avanhandava (meteorite)
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|Name= Avanhandava
|Type= Chondrite
|Class= Ordinary chondrite
|Group=H4
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|Country= Brazil
|Region= São Paulo
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|Observed_fall= Yes
|Fall_date=1952
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|TKW= 9.33 kg
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Avanhandava is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth in 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil.[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2005/pdf/download/alpha_j-l.pdf 68th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2005), Chondrule Magnetic Conglomerate Test of Avanhandava H4 Chondrite (T. Kohout and L. J. Pesonen, p.5202] It is classified as H4-ordinary chondrite. A total of {{convert|9.33|kg}} of this meteorite was collected after it broke up during its impact with the Earth.[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AGUFMGP43A0886K The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
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References
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Bibliography
- Paar W. et al. 1976. Revista Brasileira de Geo-ciencias 6: 201–210.
- Kletetschka G. et al. 2003. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38: 399–405.
- Kohout T. et al. 2004. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29: 885–897.
- Lee M. R. and Bland P. A. 2004. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68: 893–916.
- Terho M. et al. 1993. Studia Geopgysica et Geodaetica 37: 65–82.
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