Karoonda meteorite

Karoonda meteorite

The Karoonda meteorite fell to earth on November 25 1930 at 10:53 pm near the South Australian town of Karoonda. [cite web
url = http://www.dckem.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=169
title = Karoonda Meteorite| accessdate = 2007-01-15| date = 11 January 2005
publisher = District Council of Karoonda East Murray
]

The CK chondrites were named for this meteorite.

References

External links

* [http://www.nyrockman.com/museum/karoonda-12.5.htm Karoonda meteorite fragments in the R.A. Langheinrich meteorite collection]
* [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/3418/1/N2115.pdf#search=%22Karoonda%20meteorite%22 An article from the American Museum of Natural History on the meteorite]


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