Avanhandava (meteorite)

Avanhandava
Type	Chondrite
Class	Ordinary chondrite
Group	H4
Country	Brazil
Region	São Paulo
Coordinates	21°27′37″S 49°57′3″W[1]
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	1952
TKW	9.33 kg
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Avanhandava is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth in 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil.^[2] It is classified as H4-ordinary chondrite.^[1] A total of 9.33 kilograms (20.6 lb) of this meteorite was collected after it broke up during its impact with the Earth.^[3]

See also

• Collection of meteorites in the National Museum of Brazil
• Glossary of meteoritics
• Meteorite falls

References

1. Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Avanhandava
2. 68th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2005), Chondrule Magnetic Conglomerate Test of Avanhandava H4 Chondrite (T. Kohout and L. J. Pesonen, p.5202
3. The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System

Bibliography

• Paar W. et al. 1976. Revista Brasileira de Geo-ciencias 6: 201–210.
• Kletetschka G. et al. 2003. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38: 399–405.
• Kohout T. et al. 2004. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29: 885–897.
• Lee M. R. and Bland P. A. 2004. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68: 893–916.
• Terho M. et al. 1993. Studia Geopgysica et Geodaetica 37: 65–82.