00:00On this day in space. In 1952 the Abbey meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada at 11
00:07p.m. The space rock weighed nearly 326 pounds and was recovered from a six-foot
00:13deep crater in a wheat field five days later. A piece of it is on display at the
00:17American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Abbey is a rare type of
00:20meteorite classified as an enstatite chondrite with petrologic type 4. Enstatite
00:25chondrite meteorites are stony space rocks that have not been altered due
00:29to differentiation or melting. Petrologic type 4 chondrites are
00:32recrystallized and rough in grain size. Abbey is the only meteorite in the world of
00:37this specific type. Scientists think meteorites like Abbey formed near the Sun
00:41where it would contain little or no water according to the museum. And that's
00:45what happened on this day in space.
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