Associazione Romana Astrofili

157 FRASSO SABINO 42,22945555N 12,81150555E 465m s.l.m.

A stony meteorite fell in central Italy on September 25, 1996, at a site
(lambda=13deg 45min 12sec E, phi=43deg 10min 52sec N) close to a field,
3-4 km north-east of the town of Fermo and a few kilometers from the
Adriatic coast. The meteorite is one piece of 10.2 kg of stone and
exhibits the characteristic fusion crust. The body is classified as a
H3-5 chondrite breccia. Production in stony meteorites as Fermo, of
cosmogenic isotopes (22Na and 44Ti) by means of galactic cosmic rays,
offers a direct assessment of the solar activity at different time
scales (11-year solar cycle and century-scale variations).

Data Ultima Osservazione dei NEO Effemeridi Locali per i NEO da Confermare Elementi dei NEO NASA – Programma NEO NeoDys – Home Page NeoDys – Lista degli Osservatori NeoDys – Lista Oggetti NEO NeoDys – Richiesta per Osservazione di NEO

Available from the Minor Planet Center.
Available from the Minor Planet Center.

IAUC 6555 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.

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