Albareto (meteorite)

Albareto (meteorite)

Meteorite
Name= Albareto


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Type= Chondrite
Class= Ordinary chondrite
Group= L/LL4
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Country= Italy
Region= Emilia-Romagna
Lat_Long= coord|44|39|N|11|01|E|display=inline,title [ [http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=453 Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Albareto] ]
Observed_fall= Yes
Fall_date= July 1766
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TKW= 2 kg


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Albareto is a meteorite which in July 1766 fell near Albareto a frazione of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (This town is very often erroneously confused with Albareto in the province of Parma.)

Composition and classification

Albareto is a transitional ordinary chondrite between the L and the LL group. It belongs to the petrologic type 4.

Notes

See also

* Meteorite
* Ordinary chondrite


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