Abee (meteorite)

Abee meteorite
Type	Chondrite
Class	Enstatite chondrite
Group	EH4
Country	Canada
Region	Alberta
Coordinates	54°14′19″N 113°01′20″W[1]
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	9 June 1952
Found date	14 June 1952
TKW	107 kilograms (236 lb)[1]
Small 1.26 g slice.
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Abee is an enstatite chondrite meteorite that fell on 9 June 1952 in Alberta, Canada.

History

The Abee meteorite fell at 11:05 p.m. on 9 June 1952. A stone of 107 kilograms (236 lb) was recovered from a 6 ft (1.8 m) deep crater.^[2]

It was found five days later in Harry Buryn's wheat field located in the community of Abee, Alberta, Canada; which is located in Thorhild County, along the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of Thorhild and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from Boyle.

Classification

Abee is classified as an enstatite chondrite with a petrologic type 4, thus belonging to the group EH4.^[1] It is the only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite.^[3]

References

1. Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Abee
2. "Meteorite.fr - for Sale - Enstatite EH4 IMB chondrite meteorite". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
3. Abee Enstatite Chondrite

External links

• Rubin, Alan E.; Scott, Wdward R.D. (1997). "Abee and related EH chondrite impact-melt breccias". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 61 (2): 425–435. Bibcode:1997GeCoA..61..425R. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00335-3.

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• Meteorite fall