Akbarpur (meteorite) explained

Akbarpur
Type:	Chondrite
Class:	Ordinary chondrite
Group:	H4
Country:	India
Region:	Uttar Pradesh
Lat Long:	44.2167°N 37°W
Observed Fall:	Yes
Fall Date:	April 18, 1838
Tkw:	1800 g

Akbarpur is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth on April 18, 1838, in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is notable for being the first Indian meteorite for which an official report accompanied by a legal deposition was filed.^[1]

Classification

It is a polymict^[2] that belongs to the petrologic type 4, thus was assigned to the group H4. Its surface features regmaglypts.^[3]

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• Meteorite falls
• Ordinary chondrite

Notes and References

1. Nair . Savithri Preetha . 2006 . Science and the politics of colonial collecting: the case of Indian meteorites, 1856–70 . The British Journal for the History of Science . 39 . 1 . 97–119 . 10.1017/S0007087405007624 . 1474-001X.
2. Wahl . Walter . 1952-01-01 . The brecciated stony meteorites and meteorites containing foreign fragments . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . en . 2 . 2 . 91–117 . 10.1016/0016-7037(52)90002-1 . 1952GeCoA...2...91W . 0016-7037.
3. 1969 . Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India . en . The Governor-General of India . 99 . 22.