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Inman
Basic information Name: Inman
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1966
Country: United States
Mass:help 7.25 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 41  (1967)  L
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L/LL3.4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L/LL3.4
Recommended:  L/LL3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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Writeup from MB 41:
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DISCOVERY OF INMAN STONY METEORITE, USA

Name: INMAN.

The place of fall or discovery: Near Inman, Kansas; φ = 38°15' N, λ = 98°40' W.

Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, August 1966.

Class and type: STONY, olivine - hypersthene chondrite.

Number of individual specimens: 1.

Total weight: 7.25 kg.

Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Mr. M. J. Neufeldt during

plowing and brought to Kansas State University.

Source: Report of Associate Professor D. G. Brookins (Manhattan, USA) in a letter, V 27, 1957.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 41, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (38° 15'N, 97° 40'W)
     Recommended::   (38° 15'N, 97° 40'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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