The Alais meteorite fell in multiple fragments that together weighed 6 kg.
Sources
- Alais meteorite (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-253220.html (mindat.org)
- https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alais.html (daviddarling.info)
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