Kaidun meteorite

Kaidun
Kaidun
Type	Chondrite
Class	Carbonaceous chondrite
Group	CR2
Parent body	Phobos (disputed)
Country	Yemen
Region	Hadhramaut Governorate
Coordinates	15°0′N 48°18′E / 15.000°N 48.300°E
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	3 December 1980
TKW	2 kg
Alternative names	Kaydun

Kaidun is a meteorite that fell on 3 December 1980 on a Soviet military base near what is now Al-Khuraybah in Yemen. A fireball was observed travelling from the northwest to the southeast, and a single stone weighing about 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) was recovered from a small impact pit.^[1]^[2] It has been suggested that Kaidun originated from the Martian moon of Phobos, but this is disputed.

^ ^a ^b Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Kaidun
^ Ivanov, Andrei V.; Ulyanov, A. A.; Skripnic, A. Y.; Kononkova, N. N. (March 1984). "The Kaidun Polymict Carbonaceous Breccia: the Mixture of Incompatible Types of Meteorites". Lunar and Planetary Science. 15: 393–394. Bibcode:1984LPI....15..393I – via Astrophysics Data System.

[metbulldb-1] Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Kaidun

[2] Ivanov, Andrei V.; Ulyanov, A. A.; Skripnic, A. Y.; Kononkova, N. N. (March 1984). "The Kaidun Polymict Carbonaceous Breccia: the Mixture of Incompatible Types of Meteorites". Lunar and Planetary Science. 15: 393–394. Bibcode:1984LPI....15..393I – via Astrophysics Data System.

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