Allende meteorite

[ah-yen-dey]

Al·len·de me·teorite

[ah-yen-dey]
noun Astronomy.
a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.

Origin:
after Pueblito de Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered
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Allende meteorite is always a great word to know.
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