Allende meteorite

[ ah-yen-dey ]

noun

, Astronomy.

1. a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Allende meteorite¹

After Pueblito de Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered

Example Sentences

That was also the week that Jennifer Aniston was born and the Allende meteorite struck Mexico.

From BBC

A CV3 carbonaceous chondrite called the Allende meteorite that fell to Mexico in 1969, often described as the most studied meteorite in history, contained metal isotopes that suggested the gravitational collapse of gas and dust that created the sun may have been triggered by a shockwave from a nearby supernova.

From Scientific American

In the recent research, the team studied a specific CAI found in a piece of the Allende meteorite.

From US News

But even the highest expectations did not prepare University of Chicago Scientists Robert Clayton, Lawrence Grossman and Toshiko K. Mayeda for what they discovered while studying fragments of the Allende meteorite, found near Pueblito de Allende in Mexico in 1969.

From Time Magazine Archive