Allende meteorite
[ ah-yen-dey ]
/ ɑˈyɛn deɪ /
noun Astronomy.
a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.
Origin of Allende meteorite
after Pueblito de
Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered