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2014 Nininger Meteorite Award Application Open!

The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2014 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. The 2014 Nininger Meteorite […]

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Jilin

Jilin is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell the afternoon of March 8, 1976 in the northern part of the district of Kirin, Kirin Province, China. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB59): At about 1500 hr on 8 March 1976 a red fireball moving SW was sighted by townspeople of Hsinglung.  During flight here were […]

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