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TKW 160 kg. Observed fall 19 April 2018, Oyo, Nigeria.

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On the afternoon of 19 April 2018, a large fireball detonated over the Nigerian state of Oyo. This fireball was recorded by NASAs Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) as event 2018-04-19 14:02:27. The meteoroid entered at 20.9 km/s and detonated at an altitude of 30 km at 7.5’N, 3.6’E releasing a calculated total impact energy of 0.23 kt.


 


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Anne Black
 8/20/2020 1:01:49 PM		 Thank you everybody, Thank you Bernd for the explanation. Maybe I should send more pictures of thin-sections to Paul.
Twink Monrad
 8/20/2020 11:32:59 AM		 So pretty! And whatever you said Bernd!
Bernd Pauli
 8/20/2020 9:22:16 AM		 Porphyritic chondrules abound in this part of the thin section! Beautiful!
John Divelbiss
 8/20/2020 6:58:06 AM		 an amazing meteorite Fall....so rare, beautiful and one of the best buys out there for new Falls.
 

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