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| Basic information | Name: Aachen This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1880 Country: Germany Mass:  21 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Aachen Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Date of fall or find unknown Ordinary chondrite (L5, S3) A stony meteorite (weight 21 g, partly covered by fusion crust) labeled "Meteorite, fell near Aachen" is on display in the Lippesches Landesmuseum, Detmold. No further circumstances of find or fall are known. A comparison of the handwriting on the label with other labels suggests that the meteorite came into the museum collection around 1880. Classification and analysis: olivine Fa24.6; pyroxene Fs20.5; M. Schliestedt, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany, and R. Bartoschewitz, | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 57 approved meteorites from Germany (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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