Stannern (meteorite)
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|Name = Stannern
|Image = Stannern meteorite2.jpg
|Image_caption = Small fragment
|Type = Achondrite
|Class = Asteroidal achondrite
|Clan = HED meteorite
|Structural_classification =
|Parent body = Possibly 4 Vesta
|Composition =
|Shock =
|Weathering =
|Country = Czech Republic
|Region = Moravia
|Lat_Long = {{coord|49|17|N|15|34|E|display=inline,title}}{{metbull|23713|Stannern}}
|Observed_fall = Yes
|Found_date =
|Strewn_field = Yes
|Image2 = Stannern meteorite.jpg
|Image2_caption = One of the Stannern meteorites, oriented individual
}}
Stannern meteorite fell on May 22, 1808 into the Moravian village Stonařov (in German Stannern), in today's Czech Republic.
Classification
The meteorites were classified into the HED meteorite clan (possibly from asteroid 4 Vesta) and eucrite sub-group.
The fall
The fall was witnessed by many and dozens of fragments were soon collected by naturalist Karl Schreibers.
The meteorite shower occurred on Sunday 22 May 1808, shortly before 06:00. The meteorites fell into an elliptic area (strewnfield) oriented north–south with height about {{convert|12.5|km}} and width {{convert|4.8|km}}, into Stonařov and neighbouring villages (among them Otín, Cerekvička-Rosice, Dlouhá Brtnice, Hladov, Stará Říše). The event was witnessed by people on their way into the church. According to the local chronicle the fall took about 8 minutes and the number of meteorites was estimated to 200–300. No person was injured and no property was damaged.
Shortly after the fall Dr. Karl Schreibers, director of natural science collections in Vienna, arrived to the place, organized search for the fragments and thoroughly documented the event.
Sample distribution
Most of the 66 found fragments weight between {{convert|32|-|48|g}} with the largest one having over {{convert|6|kg}}. Total recovered weight was about {{convert|52|kg}}.
The stones found their way into museums all over the world. The largest fragment is stored in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna.
Literature
- Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, volume XXV, 1810, published by William Nicholson: Analysis of the aerolite that fell on Stannern, Moravia, article by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, p. 54-59. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zhMAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR13 Google books scan]
- For the 200th anniversary of the event [http://muzeum.ji.cz/ Museum] of Vysočina Region in Jihlava published proceedings about the Stonařov meteorite. The document contains, among others, contemporary records and complete list of places keeping the fragments.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_STANNERN.HTM Composition of the meteorite]
- [http://press.avcr.cz/aktuality.php?id=220 Short information about the event]{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} (in Czech, website of Czech Academy of Sciences)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316044837/http://denik.hvezdarna.cz/2006/08/kam-padaj-meteority.html List of the most known meteorites on area of the Czech Republic] (in Czech)
- [http://www.imca.cc/insights/2007/IMCA-Insights04.htm Our Favorite Achondrites, Part 1 by the IMCA Board of Directors]
- [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/virtual-wonders/vrmeteorite2.html Photo of one of the fragments]
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