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'Lakangaon' (stone; eucrite achondrite)

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The Lakangaon meteorite, which fell about 6 P.M. on the evening of November the 24th, 1910. at a village named Lakangaon, and which is probably identical with Lapangaon (lat. 21° 46', long. 75° 15' 30") near Nagelwari (the headquarters of the Pargana of that name in Native Nimar, part of the Indore State) is especially interesting because it was accompanied by a brilliant flash of light, which was seen at a distance of about sixty miles.
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The Lakangaon (Eucrite) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 24th November, 1910.
A total mass of 213 g was recovered.

21° 52'N, 76° 2'E



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