left: Chassigny, 0.76 g—Fell October 3, 1815
top center: Nakhla, 1.94 g—Fell June 28, 1911
bottom center: Zagami, 1.08 g—Fell October 3, 1962
right: Dar al Gani 476, 0.68 g—Found May 1, 1998

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PALLASITES: A Rare View

Today's Featurette: The Bellsbank Quintet

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Think you've found a meteorite? Click here.

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NEW DEFINITIONS FOR METEORITE-RELATED TERMS

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Pluto Walk, Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona

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This photo was taken September 1990 in Flagstaff, Arizona during a chance meeting between Doug Hollis and myself with Clyde Tombaugh and his wife Patricia. They happened to be visiting the observatory, from which he discovered the ninth planet Pluto, to make their first walk together down the newly constructed Pluto Walk. The photo was shared with Clyde Tombaugh and received his signature in May 1992.

Here's hoping that his final stroll to Pluto aboard New Horizons is successful.

Hubble Pluto images; Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute).

Pluto extended system

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HAPPY 4,568,3OO,OOOth BIRTHDAY TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM!
(Burkhardt et al., 2008)

The Solar System

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In memory of Christian Anger

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My thanks to the many dedicated investigators whose ongoing research provides the basis for this website. Some of the sources utilized for this website are not peer-reviewed.

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Visit the Acapela Group website to hear native speakers pronounce foreign meteorite names.

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