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| Basic information | Name: Jilin This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1976 Country: China Mass:  4 t | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12057 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THE FALL OF THE KIRIN, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: KIRIN Place of fall: Northern part of the district of Kirin, Kirin Province, China. 44°00'N., 126°30'E. Date of fall: 8 March 1976, 1500 hr. Class and type: Stone. Olivine bronzite chondrite. Total Fe = 28.6 wt %. Number of individual specimens: Very large, 11 masses are individually recorded (see below), largest being of 1770 kg. Total weight: About 4 tons (metric). Circumstances of fall: At about 1500 hr on 8 March 1976 a red fireball moving SW was sighted by townspeople of Hsinglung (46°26'N., 127°05'E.). During flight there were several explosions and in the last stages of flight three distinct fireballs were observed. The meteorite fragments were scattered along an E-W trending strewnfield extending from 126°10'E. to 127° 10'E. The largest mass was recovered at 44°03'N., 126°10'E. Source: Joint Investigating Group of the Kirin Meteorite Shower, Academia Sinica, 1976. A preliminary survey on the Kirin Meteorite shower. Scientica Sinica 20, 502-512. See also Mineralogical Abstracts 77, 2037. Note: This meteorite has also been called JILIN. See Meteorite Research Group etc. 1976. Acta Geol. Sinica, 176-196. Mineralogical Abstracts 77, 3262. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Jilin, China This is 1 of 562 approved meteorites from China (plus 14 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Kirin (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||