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Photo: Ludovic Ferrière, NHM Vienna. Copyright (c) waived but must be captioned 'Image by L. Ferrière (NHM Vienna)'.
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362.37 grams. Lunar
TKW 433 grams. Fall not observed. Found 15 January 2014.
Ludovic writes:
Oued Awlitis 001 is a lunar meteorite, an anorthositic melt rock (i.e., formed during a meteorite impact on the Moon). It was discovered in Western Sahara (25.954 N, 12.493 W) on January 15th, 2014.
The main mass, an incredibly nice, oriented, stone is 362.37 g and 7.7 × 7.0 × 4.0 cm. Additional available fragments (photo 3) are respectively 47.40 g (5.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm) and 0.65 g (1.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm and 0.6 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm).
The age of formation, terrestrial age, etc. is still unknown but a consortium of scientists will work on that as soon as this meteorite has entered the Natural History Museum of Vienna (NHMV) collection.
This is currently the largest lunar rock in a European public display. We would like your help to make it a permanent resident in our Hall of Meteorites by going to:
Help the NHMV "get to the moon"
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Ludovic Ferriere
12/7/2014 10:12:50 AM |
Thanks for your encouragements and nice words, but it will be very difficult to obtain it for the Museum; Donations are almost as rare as meteorites are :-)... |
Dr. Mike Reynolds
12/6/2014 10:18:03 AM |
Truly a terrific specimen; I love the orientation. I hope all works out to keep it at the Museum. |
Wendy Swartz
12/6/2014 8:50:11 AM |
What a wonderful addition that will make to the museum's collection! |
Graham
12/6/2014 4:32:59 AM |
Amazing stone...wonderful crust colour. Good cause...great to see it heading for the museum. |
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