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Serra Pelada meteorite is a meteorite found in Curionópolis, in the state of the Pará, Brazil. Its fall was observed on June 29, 2017, by people in Eldorado dos Carajás, Marabá and Parauapebas.[1] Many students and a lookout, Manuel da Silva, of the Escola Rita Lima de Souza, heard a series of four to 6 detonations and a few minutes later witnessed a rock falling on the road near the school.[2][3]

Serra Pelada
Class	Eucrite
Shock stage	Moderate
Weathering grade	W0
Country	Brazil
Region	Pará
Coordinates	05°57′08″S 49°39′14″W
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	June 19, 2010
TKW	12 kg

Overview

Studies by researchers from Bahia, Pará, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo indicated that it was a rare type of meteorite, which must have come off one of the largest and brightest asteroids in the Solar System, 4 Vesta. The meteorite of 12 kilograms (26 lb) is essentially a basaltic rock, consisting mainly of two minerals, feldspar and silicates, known as pyroxenes, in addition to quartz and apatite, in smaller proportions.[1]

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• Serra Pelada

References

External links

• Meteoritos Brasil - Serra Pelada

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