Monte Milone (meteorite)
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|Name= Monte Milone
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|Type= Chondrite
|Class= Ordinary chondrite
|Group= L5
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|Country= Italy
|Region= Marche
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|Observed_fall= Yes
|Fall_date= May 8, 1846
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|TKW= 3.13 kg
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Monte Milone is meteorite that fell in 1846 in central Italy.
History
Monte Milone fell on 8 May 1846, in Pollenza in the central Italian region of Marche.
It was found by the mineralogist Giovanni Strüver and then bought and described by Monsignor Lavinio de' Medici Spada(1846).{{in lang|it}} [http://www.mclink.it/n/tevere/musei/mine.htm History of Mineralogic Museum of "La Sapienza" University, Rome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629014727/http://www.mclink.it/n/tevere/musei/mine.htm |date=2012-06-29 }}
Composition and classification
It is a L5 type ordinary chondrite.
Notes
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See also
External links
- [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php Meteoritical Bulletin Database]
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