Eagle Station meteorite

The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.[2]

Eagle Station
TypeAchondrite, pallasite
GroupPES (Eagle Station group)
CountryUnited States
RegionKentucky
Coordinates38°37′N 84°58′W / 38.617°N 84.967°W / 38.617; -84.967
Observed fallNo
Found date1880
TKW36 kg (79 lb)[1]
Related media on Wikimedia Commons
Part of the meteorite on display at Natural History Museum, Vienna

It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.[3]

References

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  1. "Eagle Station". Meteoritical Society.
  2. D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors; foreword by Richard P. Binze; M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot (2006). "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification" (PDF). Meteorites and the early solar system II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 19–52. ISBN 978-0816525621. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2012. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Kunz, George F. (1887). "On two new meteorites from Carroll County, Kentucky and Catorce, Mexico". American Journal of Science. 33 (195): 228–235. Bibcode:1887AmJS...33..228K. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-33.195.228. S2CID 129989594.

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