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Angers (meteorite)

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Type
  
Chondrite

Group
  
L6

Region
  
Pays de la Loire

Class
  
Ordinary chondrite

Country
  
France

Observed fall
  
Yes

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

ClassificationEdit

It is classified as L6-ordinary chondrite.

References

Angers (meteorite) Wikipedia