Adhi Kot

Adhi Kot is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=15&dn=Khushab Local Government Elections - Government of Pakistan] ] . It is located at 32° 6' 13N 71° 48' 24E [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Adhi_Kot.html Location of Adhi Kot - Falling Rain Genomics] ] .

History

The area is notable for the Adhi Kot meteorite which landed on 1 May, 1919 [ [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/metcat/detail.dsml?Key=A280&passed_Name=Adhi%20Kot&index=&sort=Name&Grp=EH&beginIndex=1&listPageURL=list.dsml%3Fsort%3DName%26Grp%3DEH& The Catalogue of Meteorites Natural History Museum] ] [ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997LPI....28..785L Smithsonian/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service] ] . The meteorite, known as the Adhi Kot stone, fell at 32°16'N. 71°49'E at 12PM, 15 miles north of station Nurpur, Shahpur District (the area was part of the old Shahpur District during British Rule) [http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_23/23-139-290.pdf INDIAN METEORITES PUNJAB and DELHI: List of Indian meteorites.]
By C. A. SI~.RRAD, B.A., B.Sc. Indian Civil Service (retired).
Communicated by Dr. L. J. Spencer, F.R.S., read November 1, 1932.]

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