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Akbarpur (meteorite)
Template:Infobox meteorite 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.[1]
Classification[edit]
It is a polymict[2] that belongs to the petrologic type 4, thus was assigned to the group H4.[3] Its surface features regmaglypts.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Nair, Savithri Preetha (2006). "Science and the politics of colonial collecting: the case of Indian meteorites, 1856–70". The British Journal for the History of Science. 39 (1): 97–119. doi:10.1017/S0007087405007624. ISSN 1474-001X.
- ↑ Wahl, Walter (1952-01-01). "The brecciated stony meteorites and meteorites containing foreign fragments". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2 (2): 91–117. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(52)90002-1. ISSN 0016-7037.
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