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Name: CORO.
The place of fall or discovery: About 50 to 60 km. SSW of the town of Coro, Falcon State, Venezuela; Lat. = 11°05 N, Long. = 69°85 W. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, January 18, 1970, 22h43m U. T.
Class and type: IRON?, brownish objects.
Number of individual specimens: 1.
Total weight: 5. 8 kg (31 cm in length, 15 cm in width).
Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Was seen a fireball from inside a farmhouse and was accompanied by noises. An explosion was heard when it struck the ground 80 meters from farmhouse. The farmer ran into the field and recovered a meteorite that was still warm to the touch.

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The Ucera (H5) meteorite fell in Falcon, Venezuela, on the 16th January, 1970.
A total mass of 4.59 kg was recovered.

11° 3'N, 69° 51'W



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