Allende meteorite

[ ah-yen-dey ]

noun

, Astronomy.

1. a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Allende meteorite¹

After Pueblito de Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered