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| Basic information | Name: Erevan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1911 Country: Armenia Mass:  107.2 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 436 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 EREVAN, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: EREVAN (EPEBAH) Place of fall: Near Erevan city, Armenian SSR, USSR. 40° 18'N., 44°30'E. Date of fall: 1911-1912. Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, howardite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 107.2 g Circumstances of fall: Unknown. The meteorite was picked up very soon after its fall by eye witnesses. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Meteoritika 37, 1978. Note: Place name is also transliterated as Yerevan. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Armenia | ||||||||||||||||
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