Allende meteorite

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ä yendā)


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Al•lende meteorite  (ä yendā),USA pronunciation [Astron.]
  1. Astronomya carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.
  • after Pueblito de Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered


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