Millbillillie (meteorite)
Meteorite found in Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Millbillillie meteorite is a meteorite named after the cattle station in Western Australia on which it fell in October 1960.[1] It is classified as a eucrite achondrite, a kind of stony meteorite.
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Millbillillie | |
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Type | Achondrite |
Clan | HED meteorites[1] |
Group | Eucrite[1] |
Parent body | Possibly 4 Vesta[1] |
Country | Australia[1] |
Region | Millbillillie & Jundee Stations, Wiluna district, Western Australia[1] |
Coordinates | 26°27′S 120°22′E[1] |
Observed fall | Yes[1] |
Fall date | 1960-10[1] |
Found date | 1970[1] |
TKW | 330 kilograms (730 lb)[1] |
Strewn field | Yes[1] |
77 grams (2.7 oz) oriented specimen of the Millbillillie eucrite meteorite. | |
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