 | Lomena, Ibeke S. M., Touré, Fadel, Gibson, Everett K., Clanton, Uel S., Reid, Arch M. (1976) AÏOUN EL ATROUSS: A NEW HYPERSTHENE ACHONDRITE WITH EUCRITIC INCLUSIONS. Meteoritics, 11 (1) 51-57 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1976.tb00314.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AioUN EL ATROUSS: A NEW HYPERSTHENE ACHONDRITE WITH EUCRITIC INCLUSIONS lbeke S. M. Lomena ESSO Eastern...Services Geologiques Mouakchott, Republic of Mauritania Everett K. Gibson, Jr. * NASA Johnson Space...pieces from the Aioun el Atrouss meteorite that fell on April 17, 1974 in southeast Mauritania. The major...major portion of the meteorite is a brecciated hypersthene achondrite with orthopyroxene (h'n7~ as the major...evidence has been found of reaction between the two meteorite types, nor of the presence of any materials intermediate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the surface, so rapidly that portions of the meteorite and the ground which were in contact were vaporized...people wondered about what would happen if a large meteorite fell to the ground, but they were limited by the...meteorites and the corollary that the size of the meteorite was quite small relative to the crater it could...an equal mass of TNT. The kinetic energy of a meteorite changes with the square of the velocity and hence...far more probable that the angle of impact of a meteorite with earth or moon is low rather than high. Previously |
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