Английская Википедия:Bovedy (meteorite)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox meteorite Bovedy is a meteorite that fell in the area of Bovedy, Northern Ireland, on 25 April 1969. After entering the atmosphere over the Bristol Channel, it traversed Wales and the Irish Sea before landing near Limavady.[1]
The meteorite had broken into two pieces. One piece smashed through the asbestos roof of a shop in Sprucefield, breaking into two further pieces. A larger piece of the meteorite was recovered days later in a farm field in Bovedy, Шаблон:Convert away.[2]
Composition and classification
The meteorite appeared to be brown and black, but the inside showed grey chondrules with flecks of metal within the meteorite. Before it separated on impact, the first fragment weighed 513g and the second fragment weighed 4,950g.[2]
Bovedy is an ordinary chondrite from the L group that is petrologic type 3.
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Шаблон:Meteorites Шаблон:Meteorites by name
- ↑ The day the sky fell in above County Londonderry, Londonderry Sentinel. (retrieved 9 May 2013)
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web