For #ThinSectionThursday I present the Kapoeta #meteorite.

On April 22, 1942, a single large meteorite fell on a road in a remote area of the Sudanese desert. Analysis shows it is a #howardite type that originates from the asteroid 4 Vesta. Howardites represent the upper-most "top soil" layer of the asteroid - regolith and xenolithic clasts that are remnants of foreign impactors.

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For #ThinSectionThursday I present the Kapoeta #meteorite.

On April 22, 1942, a single large meteorite fell on a road in a remote area of the Sudanese desert. Analysis shows it is a #howardite type that originates from the asteroid 4 Vesta. Howardites represent the upper-most "top soil" layer of the asteroid - regolith and xenolithic clasts that are remnants of foreign impactors.

Photo Credit : Unknown. DM for credit or removal.

#PlanetaryScience #ThinSection #Geology #GalacticStone #Space