Allende meteorite: Meaning and Definition of

Al•len'de me'teorite

Pronunciation: (ä-yen'dā), [key]
— Astron. Astron.
  1. a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.
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