Avanhandava (meteorite)

Avanhandava


Type	Chondrite
Class	Ordinary chondrite
Group	H4
Country	Brazil
Region	Sao Paulo
Coordinates	^[1]
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	1952
TKW	9.33 kg

Avanhandava is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth in 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil.^[2]

A total of 9.33 kg of this meteorite was collected after it broke up during its impact with the Earth.^[3]

Contents

1 Classification
2 References
3 Bibliography
4 See also

Classification

It is classified as H4-ordinary chondrite.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Avanhandava
^ 68th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2005) , Chondrule Magnetic Conglomerate Test of Avanhandava H4 Chondrite (T. Kohout and L. J. Pesonen, p.5202
^ The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System

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.

See also