Angers (meteorite)

Angers
Type Chondrite
Class Ordinary chondrite
Group L6
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Coordinates [1]
Observed fall Yes
Fall date 3 June 1822

Angers is an L6 meteorite that hit Pays de la Loire, France in 1822.[2] The meteor struck at 8:15 PM on June 3rd.[3] It has since been stored along with L'Aigle, another meteorite that struck France 19 years prior, in a room at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle d’Angers, a French natural history museum.[4]

Classification

It is classified as L6-ordinary chondrite.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Angers
  2. ^ "Angers". Meteoritical Society. October 1, 2010. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php. Retrieved October 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Fall of a Meteorite at Angers". Annals of Philosophy (Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy) 4: 313. 1822. http://books.google.ca/books?id=9BoAAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  4. ^ (French) Pierre-Louis Augereau (2002). Angers Mystérieux. Éditions Cheminements. p. 45. ISBN 2844780555.