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Pavlovka is a howardite meteorite that fell in 1882 near the village of Pavlovka in what is now Russia. Howardites are polymict breccias formed from a mixture of eucrite and diogenite lithologies, all belonging to the HED (howardite-eucrite-diogenite) group of achondritic meteorites. The HED group is understood to originate from the asteroid 4 Vesta, one of the largest objects in the main asteroid belt. Pavlovka's fall and subsequent recovery make it one of the historically documented howardite falls contributing to the study of differentiated planetary bodies.

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When and where did the Pavlovka meteorite fall?

Pavlovka is an observed meteorite fall from 1882 near the village of Pavlovka in what is now Saratov Oblast, Russia. The official Meteoritical Bulletin entry lists a recovered mass of about 2 kilograms. [Meteoritical Bulletin](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=18177)

What type of meteorite is Pavlovka?

Pavlovka is a howardite, which is a stony achondrite and a polymict breccia. It contains mixed fragments of eucrite and diogenite, two rock types associated with the HED meteorite group. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/rocks-from-vesta-part-2-howardites/)

Is Pavlovka a piece of asteroid Vesta?

Its howardite classification places it in the HED group, which NASA describes as probably originating from asteroid 4 Vesta. That is a scientific parent-body link based on composition and spacecraft observations, not a direct record of Pavlovka's exact launch crater. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/rocks-from-vesta-part-2-howardites/)

How is Pavlovka different from an ordinary chondrite?

Pavlovka is an achondritic breccia made from differentiated eucrite and diogenite fragments, rather than a primitive chondrite filled with ordinary chondrules. Its mixed rock pieces record impacts and surface regolith processes on a differentiated asteroid. [NASA](https://trek.nasa.gov/vesta/jpl/assets/quickfacts/vesta/quick-facts.html)

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