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Bilanga

October’s Meteorite of the Month is Bilanga, an achondrite meteorite (meaning that it formed on a differentiated planetary body, and does not contain chondrules) that fell in Burkina Faso, October 27 of 1999. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB84): After a widely witnessed shower, at least 25 kg of meteorites with fresh black fusion crust […]

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Tarda

August's Meteorite of the Month is Tarda, a carbonaceous (C2-ung) chondrite that fell in Morocco on August 25, 2020. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 109): "On Tuesday, 25 August 2020, around 2:30 pm Moroccan time (GMT+1) a fireball was widely witnessed by people in southern Morocco from Alnif, Zagora, Tazarine, and Rich. The fireball […]

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