The fall of the Abee meteorite and its probable orbit

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Feb 1992

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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (ISSN 0035-872X), vol. 86, Feb. 1992, p. 5-14.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Chondrites, Solar Orbits, Bolides, Enstatite, Meteorite Craters

Scientific paper

The Abee meteorite fell on 9 June, 1952 and a 107-kg enstatite chondrite was recovered from a deep hole in a cultivated field a few days later. Details are given of the luminous fireball, its path, and the recovery of the meteorite. The apparent radiation derived from the visual data shows that the meteorite approached the earth from approximately the antapex direction. If the conclusion from recent studies of meteorite orbits is accepted that meteorites do not cross the orbit of Jupiter, then certain details of the Abee orbit can be specified. It is shown that the orbit had a very low inclination, that perihelion was near 0.95 AU, that the longitude of perihelion was near 225 deg and the velocity of entry into the atmosphere must have been within 2 km/s of 14 km/s.

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