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    ordinary chondrites. The ordinary chondrites are thought to have originated from three parent asteroids, with the fragments making up the H chondrite, L chondrite...
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    A chondrite /ˈkɒndraɪt/ is a stony (non-metallic) meteorite that has not been modified, by either melting or differentiation of the parent body. They...
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    Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include...
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    ordinary chondrites are thought to have originated from three parent asteroids, with the fragments making up the H chondrite, L chondrite and LL chondrite groups...
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    L chondrite meteorites fell to Earth during the Middle Ordovician period, about 467.5±0.28 million years ago. This is indicated by abundant fossil L chondrite...
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    up the H chondrite, L chondrite and LL chondrite groups respectively. The composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorite is that of a LL chondrite meteorite...
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    chondrites. The ordinary chondrites are thought to have originated from three parent asteroids, whose fragments make up the H chondrite, L chondrite and...
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  • known as the Ordovician meteor event occurred, when a high level of L chondrite meteorites hit Earth. The meteorites may have been caused by a large...
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    Epoch, about 467.5 ± 0.28 million years ago, due to the break-up of the L chondrite parent body. It is not associated with any major extinction event. A...
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    miles (3 km) Age 35.5 ± 0.3 million Exposed No Drilled Yes Bolide type L chondrite Location Location Chesapeake Bay Coordinates 37°17′N 76°1′W / 37.283°N...
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  • subsequent reaction of nitrogen atoms with oxygen. The breakup of the L-chondrite parent body caused a rain of extraterrestrial material onto the Earth...
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    mineral forsterite, and has a bulk composition similar to that of L-chondrite and LL-chondrite meteorites, with higher iron content (compared to silicon) than...
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  • CI chondrites, also called C1 chondrites or Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondrites, are a group of rare carbonaceous chondrite, a type of stony meteorite...
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    the 500-Ma disruption of the L chondrite parent body, Icarus, Vol. 119, p. 182 (1996). Korochantseva et al. "L-chondrite asteroid breakup tied to Ordovician...
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    class H chondrite group L chondrite group LL chondrite group Enstatite chondrite class EH chondrite group EL chondrite group Other chondrite groups, not...
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  • recovered group of the 'carbonaceous chondrite' class of meteorites, though all are rarer in collections than ordinary chondrites. Meteorites mostly divide into...
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    meteorites from the Ordovician, nearly all of which are highly weathered L-chondrites that still resemble the original meteorite under a petrographic microscope...
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    Ivanova, Marina; Schwarz, Winfried; Hopp, Jens; Jessberger, Elmar (2007). "L-chondrite asteroid breakup tied to Ordovician meteorite shower by multiple isochron...
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  • Ivanova, Marina; Schwarz, Winfried; Hopp, Jens; Jessberger, Elmar (2007). "L-chondrite asteroid breakup tied to Ordovician meteorite shower by multiple isochron...
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  • Core samples have shown it to have been formed by the impact of an L chondrite asteroid estimated to have been 5 to 10 km (3.1 to 6.2 mi) in diameter...
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    family generally, are good candidates for being the parent bodies of the L chondrite meteorites. This meteorite type comprises 35% of meteorites impacting...
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    University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-19. A rain of L-Chondrites in the Thorsberg quarry at Kinnekulle, southern Sweden-Thomas Müller...
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  • trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age: Dust from the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body, Birger Schmitz et al, AAAS Science Advances, 18 Sep 2019:...
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    Enstatite chondrites (E-type chondrites) are a rare form of meteorite, rich in the mineral enstatite. Only about 200 E-Type chondrites are currently[when...
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  • intermediate main belt.: 23  The family is also a suspected source of the L chondrites, common group of meteorites. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt...
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    members are considered good candidates for being the parent bodies of the L chondrite meteorites (Nesvorny 2002), which contribute about 38% of all meteorites...
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  • inconclusive and suggest that Geramtina might as well be a H chondrite rather than an L chondrite, but allows for the determination of a general S(IV) ordinary...
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  • Ivanova, Marina; Schwarz, Winfried; Hopp, Jens; Jessberger, Elmar (2007). "L-chondrite asteroid breakup tied to Ordovician meteorite shower by multiple isochron...
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  • resulting spectrum analysis showed an S-IV assemblage with a derived L-chondrite mineralogy. (1722)'s first rotational lightcurve was obtained by American...
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  • Hummeln Structure (Sweden) – Impact Origin Confirmed And Its Link To The L-Chondrite Parent Body Break-Up Event, 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference...
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