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Meteorite fallen in June 1822 in France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angers is an L6 meteorite that hit Pays de la Loire, France in 1822.[2] The meteor struck at 8:15 PM on 3 June.[3] It has since been stored along with L'Aigle, another meteorite that struck France 19 years earlier, on 26 April 1803, in a room at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle d’Angers, a French natural history museum.[4]
Angers | |
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Type | Chondrite |
Class | Ordinary chondrite |
Group | L6 |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Coordinates | 47°22′N 0°33′W[1] |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 3 June 1822 |
It is classified as L6-ordinary chondrite.[1]
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