Australian Museum Journal The Dunbogan L6 Chondrite: a new meteorite fall from New South Wales, Australia
- Shortform:
- Flood et al., 2002, Rec. Aust. Mus. 54(2): 249–254
- Author(s):
- Flood, P. G.; Ashley, P. M.; Pogson, R. E.
- Year published:
- 2002
- Title:
- The Dunbogan L6 Chondrite: a new meteorite fall from New South Wales, Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 249
- End page:
- 254
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1364
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 10 July 2002
- Cover date:
- 10 July 2002
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- METEORITES
- Digitized:
- 10 July 2002
- Available online:
- 10 July 2002
- Reference number:
- 1364
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (11kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1957kb PDF)
Abstract
A meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a house at Dunbogan on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, on 14 December 1999, and 30 g of fragments were recovered. The fall was observed by a girl at Tinonee, 50 km to the SSW. The meteor was observed in the mid northern sky at about 22h00 East Australian DST (GMT + 11 hrs), moving in a SSE direction. In mid-flight the meteor broke into at least 3 fragments. Detailed mineralogical and petrological examination of the meteorite have revealed that it is comparable to an L6 ordinary chondrite with mean olivine composition Fa25 and pyroxene Fs21