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Caņon City Meteorite
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Pueblo Community College Fremont Campus plays host to 40th anniversary of meteorite's landing in Caņon City

In honour of the historical event, a 40th anniversary celebration was conducted Saturday at the Fremont Campus of Pueblo Community College, complete with cake, guest speakers, the man who had possession of the meteor for about 27 yeas and the guest of honour - the meteorite itself.
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40th Anniversary of the Canon City (H6) meteorite fall in Colorado, USA, on the 27th October, 1973.

Place of fall: 3.18 km north of the post office, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado.
38°28'12.7"N, 105°14'29.5"W.
Date of fall: October 27, 1973. Between the hours of 5:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. MDT, probably between 6:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5).
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 1.4 kg

Circumstances of fall: A meteorite fell through the roof of a garage while the householder was away, between the hours of 5:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. A meteor was observed during the period 6:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., and it is likely that this meteor marked the fall of the meteorite. The specimen fragmented on landing. Four major pieces (559 g, 531 g, 74 g and 53 g) were recovered along with a number of small fragments. The 74 g piece was promptly forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Division of Meteorites, for scientific examination.
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The Canon City (H6) meteorite fell in Colorado, USA, on the 27th October, 1973.
A total mass of 1400 g was recovered.

38° 28' 13"N, 105° 14' 29"W



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On the evening of Oct. 27, 1973, a meteorite hurtled through the sky in Canon City, Colo. It landed on a garage, tearing a six-inch hole in the roof and leaving a two-inch gash in the garages cement floor. The meteorite, which weighed 1.4 kg at the time of impact, was classified as a chondrite, a stony meteorite that is the most common type to hit Earth. According to scientist Glenn Huss, who was director of the American Meteorological Laboratory at the time, the Canon City meteorite originated 60 million miles away, in an asteroid belt.

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