• Thumbnail for Avanhandava (meteorite)
    Avanhandava is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth in 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 9.33 kilograms (20.6 lb) of this meteorite was collected...
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    A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any...
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    exhibition of meteorites discovered in Brazil and other countries. One of the most important meteorites that was on display is the Bendegó meteorite, which weighs...
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    Allan Hills A81005 (category Meteorites by name)
    first lunar meteorite found on Earth. It was found in 1982 in the Allan Hills at the end of the Transantarctic Mountains, during a meteorite gathering expedition...
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    last meteorite registered in the state of São Paulo: the Marília Meteorite. Seven fragments totaling about 2.5 kg were found, and the Marília Meteorite was...
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