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Allende meteorite

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[ah-yen-dey] / ɑˈjɛn deɪ /

noun

Astronomy.

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

Etymology

Origin of Allende meteorite

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

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In the recent research, the team studied a specific CAI found in a piece of the Allende meteorite.

From US News ● Mar. 7, 2011

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