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Name: PECKELSHEIM.
The place of fall or discovery: In the forest 3'/2 km east-north-east of Peckelsheim and 12 km north of Warburg, German Federal Republic; Latitude = 51°40' N, Longitude = 9°15'E.
Date of fall or discovery: FALL, March 3, 1953, about 14h 30m.
Class and type: STONY, enstatite achondrite, brecciated.
Number of individual specimens: 1.
Total weight: 117.8 g.
Circumstances of the fall discovery: The meteorite struck a bough of a tree and fell to the or feet of workers. Before falling of the meteorite the workers heard a whine similar to that of shell-splinter.

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The Peckelsheim (Diogenite) meteorite fell in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on the 3rd March, 1953.
A total mass of 117.8 g was recovered.

51° 40'N, 9° 15'E



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