Kohout, Tomas; Havrila, Karol; Toth, Juraj; Husarik, Marek; Gritsevich, Maria; Britt, Daniel; Borovicka, Jiri; Spurny, Pavel; Igaz, Antal; Svoren, Jan; Kornos, Leonard; Veres, Peter; Koza, Julius; Zigo, Pavol; Gajdos, Stefan; Vilagi, Jozef; Capek, David; Krisandova, Zuzana; Tomko, Dusan; Silha, Jiri; Schunova, Eva; Bodnarova, Marcela; Buzova, Diana; Krejcova, Tereza
(2014)
Bulk and grain density, porosity, and magnetic susceptibility of 67 individuals of Košice H chondrite fall were measured. The mean bulk and grain densities were determined to be 3.43 g/cm3 with standard deviation (s.d.) of 0.11 g/cm3 and 3.79 g/cm3 with s.d. 0.07 g/cm3, respectively. Porosity is in the range from 4.2 to 16.1%. The logarithm of the apparent magnetic susceptibility (in 10−9 m3/kg) shows narrow distribution from 5.17 to 5.49 with mean value at 5.35 with s.d. 0.08. These results indicate that all studied Košice meteorites are of the same composition down to ∼g scale without presence of foreign (non-H) clasts and are similar to other H chondrites. Košice is thus a homogeneous meteorite fall derived from a homogenous meteoroid.