Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Kakowa

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Kakowa

Basic information

Name: Kakowa
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1858
Country: Romania
Mass: 577 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12313 approved meteorites (plus 8 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)

Comments:

Revised 4 Jul 2020: corrected coordinates

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Kakowa: corrected location

Lüttge-Pop et al. (2013) present corrected information on the fall coordinates as 45 ̊ 7’N, 21 ̊ 35’E.

Bibliography:

Lüttge-Pop D., Andrei R.J., and Har N. (2013) Historical Romanian meteorites: emendations of official catalogue records. Studia UBB Geologia, 58(2), 41-45 . (link)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Svend Buhl

Geography:

Romania

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(45° 8'N, 21° 40'E)
Recommended::	(45° 7'N, 21° 35'E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 6.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Caras-Severin, Romania
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Romania (plus 2 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Cacova (In NHM Cat)
Kakova (In NHM Cat)

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