TitleThe Cali meteorite fall: A new H/L ordinary chondrite
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsTRIGO-RODRÍGUEZ JM, LLORCA J, RUBIN AE, GROSSMAN JN, SEARS DWG, NARANJO M, BRETZIUS S, TAPIA M, SEPÚLVEDA MHGUARÍN
JournalMeteoritics & Planetary Science
Volume44
Pagination211–220
Date Publishedfeb
ISSN10869379
AbstractThe fall of the Cali meteorite took place on 6 July 2007 at 16 h 32 ± 1 min local time (21 h 32 ± 1 min UTC). A daylight fireball was witnessed by hundreds of people in the Cauca Valley in Colombia from which 10 meteorite samples with a total mass of 478 g were recovered near 3°24.3'N, 76°30.6'W. The fireball trajectory and radiant have been reconstructed with moderate accuracy. From the computed radiant and from considering various plausible velocities, we obtained a range of orbital solutions that suggest that the Cali progenitor meteoroid probably originated in the main asteroid belt. Based on petrography, mineral chemistry, magnetic susceptibility, fhermoluminescence, and bulk chemistry, the Cali meteorite is classified as an H/L4 ordinary chondrite breccia.
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DOI10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00729.x