Kainsaz | |
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Type | Chondrite |
Class | Carbonaceous chondrite |
Clan | CM-CO |
Group | CO3.2 |
Subgroup | 3 |
Shock stage | 2 |
Country | Russia |
Region | Kainsaz, Muslyumovo, Tatarstan |
Coordinates | 55°26′N 53°15′E / 55.433°N 53.250°E |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 1937-09-13 |
TKW | 200 kilograms (440 lb) |
Strewn field | Yes |
This partial slice has
fusion crust along 2 edges and weighs 4.04 grams (0.143 oz). | |
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Fifteen pieces of the Kainsaz meteorite were seen to fall near Kainsaz, Muslyumovo, Tatarstan on September 13, 1937. [1] The largest weighed 102.5 kilograms (226 lb), the total weight was ~200 kilograms (440 lb). [2] [3] As of January 2013 [update] pieces were on sale for ~US$100/g. [2] Kainsaz is the only observed fall in Tatarstan. [3]
A fireball was observed which left a dust train and broke into fragments during flight in a series of detonations that were heard up to 130 kilometres (81 mi) away. [1] The strewn field of 40 by 7 kilometres (24.9 mi × 4.3 mi) was oriented SE-NW with the largest stone falling at the NW end, [1] the smallest (the size of a nut) near the village of Kosteevo at the SE end. [1]
Most of the chondrules (90 %) are either droplet (39 %) or lithic (61 %). The remaining 10 % are barred olivine, radial pyroxene, cryptocrystalline, glassy, sulfide-metal, micro-poikilitic and complex chondrules. [4]
Kainsaz is classified as a CO3.2. This stands for CO group, petrologic type = 3, and subtype = 2. The group is part of the CM-CO clan and a member of the carbonaceous chondrites. [3]
Kainsaz | |
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Type | Chondrite |
Class | Carbonaceous chondrite |
Clan | CM-CO |
Group | CO3.2 |
Subgroup | 3 |
Shock stage | 2 |
Country | Russia |
Region | Kainsaz, Muslyumovo, Tatarstan |
Coordinates | 55°26′N 53°15′E / 55.433°N 53.250°E |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 1937-09-13 |
TKW | 200 kilograms (440 lb) |
Strewn field | Yes |
This partial slice has
fusion crust along 2 edges and weighs 4.04 grams (0.143 oz). | |
Related media on Wikimedia Commons |
Fifteen pieces of the Kainsaz meteorite were seen to fall near Kainsaz, Muslyumovo, Tatarstan on September 13, 1937. [1] The largest weighed 102.5 kilograms (226 lb), the total weight was ~200 kilograms (440 lb). [2] [3] As of January 2013 [update] pieces were on sale for ~US$100/g. [2] Kainsaz is the only observed fall in Tatarstan. [3]
A fireball was observed which left a dust train and broke into fragments during flight in a series of detonations that were heard up to 130 kilometres (81 mi) away. [1] The strewn field of 40 by 7 kilometres (24.9 mi × 4.3 mi) was oriented SE-NW with the largest stone falling at the NW end, [1] the smallest (the size of a nut) near the village of Kosteevo at the SE end. [1]
Most of the chondrules (90 %) are either droplet (39 %) or lithic (61 %). The remaining 10 % are barred olivine, radial pyroxene, cryptocrystalline, glassy, sulfide-metal, micro-poikilitic and complex chondrules. [4]
Kainsaz is classified as a CO3.2. This stands for CO group, petrologic type = 3, and subtype = 2. The group is part of the CM-CO clan and a member of the carbonaceous chondrites. [3]