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| Basic information | Name: Gursum This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1981 Country: Ethiopia Mass:  34.65 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 61:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE GURSUM, ETHIOPIA, STONY METEORITE Name: GURSUM Place of fall: About 5 km west of the village of Gursum, Hater region, Ethiopia. 9°22'N., 42°25'E. Date of fall: February 10, 1981, 1330 hrs Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 3 Total weight: 34.65 kg Circumstances of fall: After a fireball and sonic boom, three fragments were recovered by Ethiopian servicemen. Source: Dr. Getaneh Assefa, Department of Geology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Harerge, Ethiopia This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||
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