The Suizhou meteorite
[Xiande Xie, Ming Chen.
Suizhou Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism.
ISSN 2194-3176
ISSN 2194-3184 (electronic)
(eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-48479-1
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015950454
Springer-Verlag 2016
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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 ...
which fell on April 15, 1986, in Dayanpo, 12.5 km to the southeast of
Suizhou
Suizhou (), formerly Sui County (), is a prefecture-level city in northern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan province to the north and east.
Etymology
The Sui in Suizhou is derived from the ancient 'Suishizu' () .
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city,
Hubei province
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
Right after the fall of this meteorite, a group of scientists from the China University of Geosciences and the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a field survey and collection of Suizhou meteorite samples.
A total weight of 270 kg of this meteorite was collected.
The largest piece, a fragment of 56 kg in weight, is now preserved in the City Museum of Suizhou, and the smallest piece only weighs 20 g.
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Meteorites found in China
Geological type localities