Moss | |
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Type | Chondrite |
Class | Carbonaceous chondrite |
Group | CO3 |
Shock stage | S2 |
Country | Norway |
Region | Moss and Rygge, Østfold county (fylke) |
Coordinates | 59°26′N 10°42′E / 59.433°N 10.700°E[1] |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 10:20 am local time (8:20 GMT) on July 14, 2006 |
TKW | >4 kg |
Strewn field | Yes |
Moss is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over the communities of Rygge and Moss in Østfold county, southeast southern Norway in the morning of midsummer day, July 14, 2006.
The last time a type CO3 meteorite fell from the sky was in 1937 with Kainsaz, Russia. There are 6 known falls of a CO3 meteorite. Being of the rare carbonaceous subtype, 'meteorite man' Robert Haag stated to the media that this was the most important meteorite fall since the Canadian Tagish Lake fall in January 2000.