Peace River is a small L6 chondrite meteorite that detonated over Alberta, Canada on the morning of March 31, 1963.

History

On March 31, 1963, at 4:35 a.m. MST, a small meteoroid detonated at a height of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) over the skies of Alberta, Canada and broke in two main fragments.[2] A bright flash was visible at a distance of over 100 miles (160 km) and strong booming detonations were heard.

As soon as enough data was obtained and the snow melted, the search for the fragments began. The first fragment was recovered on April 24 near Mahood farm, 39 kilometres (24 mi) southwest of Peace River town, by John Westgate and R. E. Folinsbee.[1]

Strewnfield

The ellipse of scattering spawn for about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in length.[3]

Classification

It was classified as shocked L6 chondrite.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Peace River
  2. ^ Monica M. Grady, Catalogue of meteorites, Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-66303-2
  3. ^ Peace River strewnfield
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River_(meteorite)
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