Eagle Station meteorite explained

Eagle Station
Type:	Achondrite, pallasite
Group:	PES (Eagle Station group)
Country:	United States
Region:	Kentucky
Lat Long:	38.6167°N -142°W
Observed Fall:	No
Found Date:	1880
Tkw:	36kg (79lb)^[1]

The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.^[2]

It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.^[3]

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eagle Station. Meteoritical Society.
2. Book: D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors ; foreword by Richard P. Binze. Meteorites and the early solar system II. 2006. University of Arizona Press. Tucson. 978-0816525621. http://haroldconnolly.com/EES%20716%20Fall%2009%20Reading/Lecture%201/Background%20reading/Weisberg_etal_MESSII.pdf. M. K. Weisberg. T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot. 15 December 2012. 19–52. Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification.
3. Kunz. George F.. On two new meteorites from Carroll County, Kentucky and Catorce, Mexico. American Journal of Science. 1887. 33. 195 . 228–235. 1887AmJS...33..228K. 10.2475/ajs.s3-33.195.228. 129989594 .