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Angers is an L6 meteorite that hit Pays de la Loire, France in 1822.[2] The meteor struck at 8:15 PM on 3 June.[3] It has since been stored along with L'Aigle, another meteorite that struck France 19 years earlier, on 26 April 1803, in a room at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle d’Angers, a French natural history museum.[4]

Classification

It is classified as L6-ordinary chondrite.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Angers
  2. ^ "Angers". Meteoritical Society. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  3. ^ "Fall of a Meteorite at Angers". Annals of Philosophy. 4. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy: 313. 1822.
  4. ^ Pierre-Louis Augereau (2002). Angers Mystérieux (in French). Éditions Cheminements. p. 45. ISBN 2-84478-055-5.
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