Eagle Station meteorite

Eagle Station
Type	Achondrite, pallasite
Group	PES (Eagle Station group)
Country	United States
Region	Kentucky
Coordinates	38°37′N84°58′W / 38.617°N 84.967°W / 38.617; -84.967
Observed fall	No
Found date	1880
TKW	36 kg (79 lb) [1]
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The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group. ^[2]

It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887. ^[3]

References

1. "Eagle Station". Meteoritical Society.
2. D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors; foreword by Richard P. Binze; M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot (2006). "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification" (PDF). Meteorites and the early solar system II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 19–52. ISBN   978-0816525621. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2012.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
3. Kunz, George F. (1887). "On two new meteorites from Carroll County, Kentucky and Catorce, Mexico". American Journal of Science. 33 (195): 228–235. Bibcode:1887AmJS...33..228K. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-33.195.228. S2CID   129989594.

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics