Aarhus (meteorite)


Aarhus is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth on 2 October 1951 at 18:15 in Aarhus, Denmark. The meteor split just before the otherwise undramatic impact and two pieces were recovered. They are known as Aarhus I and Aarhus II. Aarhus I was found in the small woodland of Riis Skov, just a few minutes after impact.

Classification

It is an H chondrite and belongs to the petrologic type 6, so it was assigned to the H6 group.