[meteorite-list] This day in meteorite history

[Greg Catterton]

This day in meteorite history...

[b]Chiang Khan meteorite fall[/b]
On November 17, 1981 after a bright fireball and detonations, 31 pieces were recovered from the town of Chiang Khan, on the Thailand-Laos border. The largest fragment weighed 51.3 g.
The meteorite was later classified as a H6 chondrite.

[b]Raco meteorite fall[/b]
On November 17, 1957 in the village of Raco, department of Tafi, Tucuman province, Argentina a single stone fell that had a weight of 5kg.
It was later classified as a H5 chondrite.

[b]Sayh al Uhaymir 120 find[/b]
On November 17, 2002 a stone of 75 g was found in the area of previous shergottite finds. This stone has a well-preserved black fusion crust. It is a grey-greenish stone with porphyritic texture; large olivine phenocrysts are embedded in a groundmass consisting of maskelynite and pigeonite. SaU 120 is paired with SaU 005/ 008/051/060/090/094.
It has been classified as a Martian shergottite.

[b]Acfer 360 find[/b]
On November 17, 2002 a 68 g stone was found in the Acfer region, Algerian Sahara. It has since been classified as a Ureilite.