Baszkówka (meteorite) explained

Baszkówka
Type:Chondrite
Class:Ordinary chondrite
Group:L5
Country:Poland
Region:Mazowieckie
Lat Long:52.0333°N 76°W
Observed Fall:Yes
Fall Date:August 25, 1994
Tkw:15630 g

Baszkówka is an L5 ordinary chondrite meteorite which fell on 25 August 1994 in Baszkówka village, 23 km SSW of Warsaw. The fall occurred at around 4:00 pm. Several people heard a sonic boom, and one woman witnessed a movement on the surface of cultivated land 200 m away from her. A single specimen of a meteorite with radial regmaglypts was recovered immediately.

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