Allan Hills 81005

first lunar meteorite discovered on Earth, found in Antarctica in 1982
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Allan Hills 81005

Summary

Allan Hills 81005 is a Lunar meteorite[1]. It draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (lunar_meteorite category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Allan Hills 81005 is credited with the discovery of ANSMET[3].
  • Allan Hills 81005 is credited with the discovery of John Schutt[4].
  • Allan Hills 81005 is credited with the discovery of Ian Whillans[5].
  • Allan Hills 81005's image is recorded as Allan Hills 81005, lunar meteorite.jpg[6].
  • Allan Hills 81005's instance of is recorded as Lunar meteorite[7].
  • Allan Hills 81005's location of discovery is recorded as Allan Hills[8].
  • Allan Hills 81005's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-01-17T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Allan Hills 81005's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -76.83027778, 'lon': 158.25888889}[10].
  • Allan Hills 81005's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r8lh7l[11].
  • Allan Hills 81005's Meteoritical Bulletin Database ID is recorded as 1965[12].
  • Allan Hills 81005's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+31.4'}[13].
  • Allan Hills 81005's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781329617[14].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include ANSMET[3], an organization[15]; John Schutt[4], a mountaineer[16], b. 1948[17]; and Ian Whillans[5], a glaciologist[18], 1944–2001[19].

Why It Matters

Allan Hills 81005 draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (lunar_meteorite category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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