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{{Infobox meteorite<br />
|Name = Sulagiri<br />
|Image = Sulagiri meteorite, slice.jpg<br />
|Image_caption = A slice of the meteorite<br />
|Type = [[Chondrite]]<br />
|Class = [[Ordinary chondrite]]<br />
|Group = <br />
|Structural_classification = <br />
|Composition = <br />
|Shock = S2<br />
|Weathering = <br />
|Country = [[India]]<br />
|Region = Sulagiri, Krishnagiri District, [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|Lat_Long = {{coord|12|02|00|N|78|02|00|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
|Observed_fall = Yes<br />
|Fall_date = 12 September 2008; 08:30 hours ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) (UTC+5.5)<br />
|Found_date = <br />
|TKW = >{{convert|110|kg|lbs}}<br />
|Image2 =<br />
|Image2_caption =<br />
}}<br />
'''Sulagiri''' is the official name of the [[meteorite]] which fell on 12 September 2008 in Sulagiri, Krishnagiri District, [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name=usra.edu>{{cite web|title=Sulagiri|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=48951|publisher=usra.edu|access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Star catching">{{cite web|title=Sulagiri|url=http://www.starcatching.com/mets.htm?sulagiri|publisher=Star catching|access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
On 12 September 2008, around 08:30 hours, from the north-west sky this meteorite fell, which was observed by several people residing in the villages around the town of Sulaguri. According to the eyewitnesses, they heard a screeching sound and a bang. It was followed by house shaking explosions. Bright flashes and smoke were also observed.<ref name=usra.edu /><br />
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Noble gases, nitrogen and cosmic ray exposure age of the Sulagiri chondrite.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal | last=Mahajan | first=Ramakant R. | title=Noble gases, nitrogen and cosmic ray exposure age of the Sulagiri chondrite | journal=Geoscience Frontiers | volume=8 | issue=1 | date=2017 | doi=10.1016/j.gsf.2015.12.010 | pages=205–210| doi-access=free }}</ref> The cosmic ray exposure age of Sulagiri chondrite is 27.9 ± 3.4 Ma. Krypton and xenon isotopes indicate that heavy noble gases are mixture of various components. Nitrogen concentration in Sulagiri 0.35 ppm. The trapped nitrogen (corrected for cosmogenic) signature in Sulagiri is δ15N = −74 ± 24 (‰).<ref name="auto"/><br />
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