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On September 12, 2008, around 08.30 h, a meteorite fell from the NW sky and was observed by several people of villages closely located around the town of Sulagiri. A screeching noise was heard coming from the north and a bang was heard subsequently by some eye witnesses. The meteorite fragmented at least once in transit, which led to multiple falls around a cluster of villages, defining an elliptical strewn field measuring 3 km along the NW-SE direction and 1 km across. The sizes of the meteorites increase from W to E. Seven pieces were retrieved and field data were collected (V. Krishnan and K. Nag
arajan, GSI). Three pieces from Adda Gurikki village (12°41'00"N, 77°57'10"E), weighing a total of 50 kg (13 kg, 11 kg, and 26 kg), two pieces from Rautapalli village (12°41.53'N, 77°56.67'E), weighing 45 kg (29 kg and 16 kg) and one piece each from Gangapuram (12°41.32'N, 77°55.53"E) and Addagurikki Kottur (12°41.46"N, 77°56.88'E), 6 kg each, were recovered. The total mass of the fall is more than 110 kg, the largest reported fall in the Indian subcontinent. The meteorite samples are fresh, light gray colored on broken surfaces and covered by thin, light brownish to dark colored fusion crust on partly broken to complete faces.

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The Sulagiri (LL6) meteorite fell in Tamil Nadu, India, on the 12th September, 2008.
A total mass of 110 kg was recovered.

12° 40'N, 78° 2'E



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Meteorite impact on the 12th September 2008

On Friday morning, villagers of these sleepy villages woke up to thunderous explosions which left them numb. Krishnagiri District Revenue Officer, N Nagarajan, told the DNA that in four different locations in the two villages the meteorites left craters varying from 1.5 feet to four feet in diameter. Both the villages are about 20 Kms from Hosur. 
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 Latitude:12°41'17.84"N, Longitude:  77°56'39.36"E (Scatter field)

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The Friday morning tremors experienced by south Bangaloreans has been attributed to a meteorite shower in Hosur taluk, according to preliminary investigations conducted by a combined team of Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Forensic Science Laboratory, Chennai.
The meteorites slammed into roads and agricultural fields in the two villages of Attakuruki and Kamanadody in Hosur taluk in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.

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