Adelie Land meteorite
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| Adelie Land | |
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| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Ordinary chondrite |
| Group | L6[1] |
| Country | Antarctica |
| Region | Adélie Land |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] |
| Observed fall | No |
| Found date | 1912 |
| TKW | 1000 g[1] |
Adelie Land[1] is a meteorite discovered on December 5, 1912 in Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton (1889-1954), a member of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition. It was named after Adélie Land and it was the first meteorite found in Antarctica.[2]
Only one fragment of about 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) was found. It was classified as L5 ordinary chondrite.
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