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Hughes 010
Basic information Name: Hughes 010
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass:help 71 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 77  (1994)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)
Data from:
  MB77
  Table 6
  Line 4:
Date:?
Latitude:30°15.81'S
Longitude:129°48.62'E
Mass (g):71
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Fayalite (mol%):24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:T. Geiger, Institut fur Planetologie, Universitat Munster, D-48419 Munster, Germany
Main mass:G. Grau, Salzburger Volkssternwarte, A-5101 Salzburg, Austria
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 15' 49"S, 129° 48' 37"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 15' 49"S, 129° 48' 37"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 13.1 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 241 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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