Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 86161

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Lewis Cliff 86161

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 86161
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 86161
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 29 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 11(1)	(1988)	LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2891 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 3251

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3202:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	29
Class:	LL6
Weathering grade:	B
Comments:	NTL=69±2

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 11(1) (1988), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 17'S, 161° 5'E)
Recommended::	(84° 15' 30"S, 161° 25' 49"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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