The Bear Creek meteorite, formerly known as the Colorado meteorite, is an
octahedrite meteorite
A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...
that was found in 1866 in
Jefferson County, Colorado,
United States. It has a mass of and average dimensions of .
See also
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Glossary of meteoritics
References
External links
Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Bear Creek - Lunar and Planetary InstituteMap of Colorado meteorite locations(
PDF
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IMCA EoM: Bear Creek (Iron, IIIAB)
1866 in the United States
Iron meteorites
Jefferson County, Colorado
Meteorites found in the United States
Asteroidal achondrites
Geology of Colorado
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