Juvinas
Month:
June 2009
June's meteorite of the month is Juvinas, which fell in Ardeche, France. Juvinas is a eucrite, a type of achondrite meteorite that, along with howardites and diogenites, is believed to have originated on the surface of the asteroid 4-Vesta. The word eucrite is derived from the Greek term eukritos, meaning "easily distinguished". Juvinas is named for the French commune, or municipality, in which it was witnessed falling on June 15, 1821.