 |
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this articlebyintroducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Patos de Minas" meteorite – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2018) |
| Patos de Minas | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Octahedrite |
| Class | Iron IAB |
| Composition | Co, Ni, Ga, Cu, As, Ir and Au |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates | 18°35′S 46°32′W / 18.583°S 46.533°W / -18.583; -46.533 |
| Observed fall | No |
| Found date | 1925 and 2002 |
| TKW | 218.4 kg |
 Patos de Minas meteorite in the National Museum, Rio de Janeiro. | |
 Related media on Wikimedia Commons | |
Patos de Minas is an octahedrite meteorite. It was found in 1925 and 2002 in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It weighs 200 kilograms (440 lb) and has average dimensions of 54 by 33 by 22 centimetres (21.3 in × 13.0 in × 8.7 in). It is rough, elongated and very weathered.[1]
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meteorite... |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mineralogy and petrology |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lists |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Meteorites by name
| |
|---|---|
| A–B |
|
| C–D |
|
| E–F |
|
| G–H |
|
| I–J |
|
| K–L |
|
| M–N |
|
| O–P |
|
| Q–R |
|
| S–T |
|
| U–V |
|
| W–X |
|
| Y–Z |
|
| |
|
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Collections |
|
|
| Artifacts |
| |
| Other |
| |
 | This meteorite-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
