The Alais meteorite fell near Alès, France, in 1806.
Sources
- Alais meteorite (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-253220.html (mindat.org)
- https://meteorites.asu.edu/meteorites/alais (meteorites.asu.edu)
- https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alais.html (daviddarling.info)
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