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| Basic information | Name: Acapulco This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1976 Country: Mexico Mass:  1914 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 88 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE ACAPULCO, MEXICO, STONY METEORITE Name: ACAPULCO Place of fall: El Quemado Colony, on the outskirts of Acapulco, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 16°53'N, 99°54'W. Date of fall: August 11, 1976, at 11 a.m. local time. Class and type: Stone. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1914 g Circumstances of fall: The fall was collected by Sr. Leodegario Cardenas. He reported that "the bolide followed a west to east trajectory, producing a buzz similar to that of a small aeroplane and an impact like that of a cannon ball. It landed by 11 in the morning, and it was collected from a small crater, some 30 cm deep, 15 minutes later; the bush around was splashed radially away and the stone was cool." The coordinates are those of the fall site. Source: Dr. G. Sanchez Rubio, Instituto de Geologia, Universitad Nacional Autonoma, Apartado Postal 70-296, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico 20. D.F. Mexico. Reported in Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN) Bulletin 1978, 3, No. 1, p. 10. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Guerrero, Mexico (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
El Quemado (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||