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Kennard
Basic information Name: Kennard
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1961
Country: United States
Mass:help 8.2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 39  (1967)  H
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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)
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Writeup from MB 39:
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KENNARD, Washington County, Nebraska, USA; φ = 41'29'N, λ = 96'10'W.

FOUND, about 1961.

STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite.

1 specimen, weight 8.2 kg; 156 g slice in U. S. National Museum (Washington, USA).

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 39, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (41° 29'N, 96° 10'W)
     Recommended::   (41° 29'N, 96° 10'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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