German mineralogist Fritz von der Heide (1891–1973) studied meteorites at a time when little work was being done on these interesting extraterrestrial samples. His 1934 book Kleine Meteoritenkunde influenced a generation of meteorite researchers and has been reprinted several times and translated into English. (M 41381) _ _.
Discovered on 2-3-1981 in Siding Spring by Bus, S. J.