Mukundpura CM2 is a meteorite classified to be a carbonaceous chondrite. A new study published in the Geochemistry has shed light on the mineralogy of this meteorite.
- It fell on June 6, 2017, at around 5 a.m. in Mukundpura village near Jaipur.
- This is a type of stony meteorite, considered the most primitive meteorite and a remnant of the first solid bodies to accrete in the solar system. The composition of carbonaceous chondrites are also similar to the Sun.
- According to Dwijesh Ray from the Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad (as said to The Hindu), Mukundpura CM2 is a type of stony meteorite, considered the most primitive meteorite and a remnant of the first solid bodies to accrete in the solar system. The composition of carbonaceous chondrites are also similar to the Sun.
- Meteorites are broadly classified into three groups – stony (silicate-rich), iron (Fe–Ni alloy), and stony-iron (mixed silicate–iron alloy).
- Chondrites are silicate-droplet-bearing meteorites.
- Mukundpura chondrite is the fifth carbonaceous meteorite known to fall in India.
(Source: The Hindu)
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