Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Homestead

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Homestead

Basic information

Name: Homestead
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1875
Country: United States
Mass: 230 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8831 approved meteorites (plus 4 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)

Comments:

Revised 19 Jan 2019: Centroid of strewnfield from Reeds (1933)

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Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo
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References:

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Michael Cottingham
unknown
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
André Knöfel
David L. Ribeca
Gerald Armstrong
Jim K
John A. Shea
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney
MeteoriteCollector.org - MFNB - Berlin
MeteoriteCollector.org - NHMV - Vienna
METEORITES AUSTRALIA
Michael S. Scherman
Phil Schmitz
Richard C Cavalieri
Robert Zdancewicz
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(41° 48'N, 91° 52'W)
Recommended::	(41° 44' 43"N, 91° 54' 51"W)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 7.3 km apart

Strewnfield map: Google Earth

Homestead_strewnfield.kmz

Statistics:
This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Iowa, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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Synonyms

Amana (In NHM Cat)
Iowa County (In NHM Cat)
Jowa (In NHM Cat)
Marengo (In NHM Cat)
Sherlock (In NHM Cat)
West Liberty (In NHM Cat)

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