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1.04 gram fragment.   Martian (nakhlite)

TKW 10 kg. Observed fall 28 June 1911 in Egypt.


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History

It fell to Earth on June 28, 1911, at approximately 09:00, in the Abu Hommos district, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt (now Abu Hummus, Beheira Governorate), in the area of the village of El Nakhla El Bahariya. The stones were collected near hamlets of Ezbet Abdalla Zeid, Ezbet Abdel Malek, Ezbet el Askar, and Ezbet Saber Mahdi.[1][2][3] Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from north-west, inclination about 30°, along the track marked with the column of white smoke and several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered;[4] the fragments were buried in the ground up to a meter deep. From an estimated original weight of 10 kilograms (22 lb), recovered fragments ranged in weight from 20g to 1813g.[1][2] Two fragments, found near Ezbet Abdel Malek, were presented by the Egyptian Government to British Museum.[1]

The Nakhla dog

One fragment of the meteorite was said to have landed on a dog, as observed by a farmer named Mohammed Ali Effendi Hakim in the village of Denshal supposedly vaporizing the animal instantly. Since no remains of the dog were recovered and there were no other eyewitness to the dog's demise, this story remains apocryphal. However, the story of the Nakhla dog has become something of a legend among astronomers Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhla_meteorite View above in the gallery on a reading about the Nakhla fall and how throughout history this fall has been suggested at one point in time a stone from the fall hit and killed a DOG, published in Popular Mechanics from 1929

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