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- Title
The Thuathe meteorite of 21 July 2002, Lesotho: mapping the strewn field and initial mineralogical classification.
- Authors
Ambrose, David P.; Reimold, W. Uwe; Buchanan, Paul C.
- Abstract
This article provides a first report of the fall of a meteorite over the Thuathe plateau of western Lesotho, approximately 9 km east of the capital Maseru, on 21 July 2002. The strewn field has been mapped, and the characteristics of stones recovered from various sectors in the strewn field are compared. Initial mineralogical investigations have established that this new meteorite is an H type ordinary chondrite, of petrologic type 4/5, and shock degree S2-S3. The name Thuathe has been accepted by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society for this new fall, as the major part of the strewn field extends over the Thuathe plateau. We believe that Thuathe is the first meteorite recovered from Lesotho.
- Subjects
MASERU (Lesotho); LESOTHO; METEORITES; MINERALOGY
- Publication
South African Journal of Science, 2003, Vol 99, Issue 3/4, p153
- ISSN
0038-2353
- Publication type
Article