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| Basic information | Name: Erie This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  3.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11582 approved meteorites (plus 10 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 34:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF ERIE STONY METEORITE, USA Name: ERIE. The place of fall or discovery: 2.4 km. south of Erie, Colorado, USA; φ = 40°01.9', λ = 105°03.4' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, July 1965. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3.30 kg; dimensions are approximately 16.3 X 12.3 X X 11.0 cm.; the meteorite is roughly subpyramidal in shape. Circumstances of fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by E. H. Coughran in a freshly plowed field. Source: Report of Dr. G. G. Goles (La Jolla, USA) in a letter, X 1.3 1965. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 34, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1881 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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