Ureilite is a rare type of stony meteorite that has a unique mineralogical composition very different from that of other stony meteorites. This dark grey or brownish meteorite type is named after the village Novy Urey (Cyrillic: Новый Урей), Mordovia Republic of Russia, where a meteorite of this type fell on 4 September 1886. Notable ureilites are the Novo Urei and the Goalpara, also named for the town in which it landed (Goalpara, Assam India). On 7 October 2008, tiny asteroid 2008 TC3 entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded an estimated 37 kilometres (23 mi) above the Nubian Desert in Sudan. Fragments of this asteroid were recovered the following December and were found to be ureilite.
Scientists have discovered amino acids in meteorite 2008 TC3 where none were expected, taking into account high temperatures reached in the explosion of about 1000 °C.[1]
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Ureilite is a rare type of stony meteorite that has a unique mineralogical composition very different from that of other stony meteorites. This dark grey...
1 lb), were recovered; many of these belonged to a rare type known as ureilites, which contain, among other minerals, nanodiamonds. It was the first time...
the chemical analysis of The North Haig olivine pigeonite achondrite (ureilite). It is a cream white color in reflected light, and ranges in size from...
meteorite that has not been assigned to a group or grouplet. Undifferentiated Ureilite Vesta – second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and likely source...
group Diogenite group Angrite group Aubrite group (enstatite achondrites) Ureilite group Brachinite group Lunar meteorite group Martian meteorite group (sometimes...
cumulates. The following groups are assigned to the primitive achondrites: Ureilite group Brachinite group Acapulcoite group Lodranite group Winonaite group...
weight, are ureilites.: 241 These have no known parent body and their origin is controversial. Diamonds are common in highly shocked ureilites, and most...
(after the meteorite Lodran) Winonaites (after the meteorite Winona) Ureilites (after the meteorite Novy Ureii, Russia) Brachinites (after the meteorite...
contributed to the first clear finding of buckminsterfullerene in a meteorite, a ureilite that exploded over the Nubian Desert in late 2008. She is a director of...
(2017). "O isotope ratios of magnetite in CI-like clasts from a polymict ureilite" (PDF). Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 (LPI Contrib. No...
chondrite classes; far fewer belong to lesser classes like Enstatites and Ureilites. The term 'chondrite' indicates that these contain (or may have contained)...
highest of the carbonaceous chondrites, but not of all meteorites- some ureilites may contain more. The carbon is partly in the form of native carbon (graphite...
Kuroda, M; Yurimoto, H (2018). Water contents of angrites, eucrites, and ureilites and new methods for measuring hydrogen in pyroxene using SIMS. 49th LPSC...
(October 2010). "Almahata Sitta (=asteroid 2008 TC3) and the search for the ureilite parent body" (PDF). Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 45 (1590): 1590–1617...
member of the lodranite group. He also saw close similarities to the ureilites. Lodranites are primitive achondrites. They are coarser grained than acapulcoites...
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