Gütersloh meteorite, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gütersloh meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Detmold | Administrative District |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 55' North , 8° 23' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gütersloh | 96,180 (2015) | 1.1km |
| Steinhagen | 19,869 (2011) | 9.3km |
| Rheda-Wiedenbrück | 46,123 (2015) | 9.4km |
| Verl | 24,002 (2011) | 9.9km |
| Harsewinkel | 24,207 (2015) | 11.8km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Gütersloh Meteorit, Detmold, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Ordinary chondrite, brecciated (H3/4, br)
Fall, 17 April 1851; 1 kg
After the appearance of a bright bolide, 2 small stones were recovered. Two additional weathered stones were recovered a year later. Prominent chondrules, largely equilibrated silicates (olivine - Fa20), and fine-grained Fe-Ni metal indicate that it is an H-chondrite on the borderline between petrologic types 3 and 4. As the meteorite is gas-rich, the meteoritic material must have been close to the surface of a preterrestrial asteroid in its preterrestrial past. Not unsurprisingly, very little information about this small meteorite has appeared in readily accessible literature of recent decades.
Gütersloh is one of 11 witnessed H-chondrite falls recovered in Germany since 1785. The main mass has been held at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for many decades (~.77 kg in 2000).
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| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Description: Olivine composition (Fa20) within expected range of H-Chondrites. |
| ⓘ 'Meteoritic Iron' |
| ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
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| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | 'Meteoritic Iron' | - | |
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