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Ladder Creek
Basic information Name: Ladder Creek
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1937
Country: United States
Mass:help 35.1 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 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)
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Don Edwards   
Peter Marmet   
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (38° 37'N, 101° 38'W)
     Recommended::   (38° 37'N, 101° 38'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 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Greeley County (In NHM Cat)
Horace (no. 1) (2.9kg) (In NHM Cat)
Horace (no. 2) (in part) (In NHM Cat)
Tribune (In NHM Cat)

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