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|Name= Akbarpur<br />
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|Type= Chondrite<br />
|Class= [[Ordinary chondrite]]<br />
|Group=H4<br />
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|Country= [[India]]<br />
|Region= [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
|Lat_Long= {{coord|44|13|N|0|37|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name=database>{{metbull|427|Akbarpur}}</ref><br />
|Observed_fall= Yes<br />
|Fall_date=April 18, 1838<br />
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|TKW= 1800 g<br />
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'''Akbarpur''' is an [[H chondrite]] [[meteorite]] that fell to earth on April 18, 1838, in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is notable for being the first Indian meteorite for which an official report accompanied by a legal deposition was filed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nair |first=Savithri Preetha |year=2006 |title=Science and the politics of colonial collecting: the case of Indian meteorites, 1856–70 |journal=The British Journal for the History of Science |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=97–119 |doi=10.1017/S0007087405007624 |issn=1474-001X}}</ref><br />
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==Classification==<br />
It is a [[CM_chondrite#Polymict_meteorites|polymict]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wahl |first=Walter |date=1952-01-01 |title=The brecciated stony meteorites and meteorites containing foreign fragments |journal=Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |language=en |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=91–117 |doi=10.1016/0016-7037(52)90002-1 |issn=0016-7037}}</ref> that belongs to the [[petrologic type]] 4, thus was assigned to the group H4.<ref name=database /> Its surface features [[Glossary of meteoritics#Regmaglypts|regmaglypts]].<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1969 |title=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyMeAQAAMAAJ |language=en |publisher=The Governor-General of India |volume=99 |pages=22}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Glossary of meteoritics]]<br />
* [[Meteorite falls]]<br />
* [[Ordinary chondrite]]<br />
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