Jodzie
Jodzie is a meteorite that fell on 17 June 1877 near the village of near Panevėžys (then located in Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire, now in Lithuania). It is a relatively rare howardite with some carbonaceous inclusions that were likely a result of an asteroid collision. Therefore, despite its small size, it has been a subject of several scientific studies. History The meteorite was obtained by Julian Simashko, a Russian zoologist and entomologist interested in meteorites. After the death of Simashko, his heirs sold the meteorite collection (about 400 specimens) to Henry Augustus Ward for 30,000 gold rubles. This collection, including the main fragment of Jodzie meteorite weighing , was obtained by the Field Museum of Natural History. Fragments of the meteorite are held by several museums: by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, by the Russian Academy of Sciences, by the Natural History Museum in London, fragments by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and Natural History Museum in Vienna, by the Natural History Museum in Berlin, by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The fate of other fragments is unknown. Analysis Jodzie is classified as a howardite. As other gas-rich meteorites, it consists