Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 97222

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Lewis Cliff 97222

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 97222
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 97222
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 28.9 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 23(2)	(2000)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6121 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 11022

Data from:
  MB85
  Table A1
  Line 134:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite Moraine
Mass (g):	28.9
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	C

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 23(2) (2000), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 17'S, 161° 5'E)
Recommended::	(84° 16' 25"S, 161° 41' 2"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5 km apart
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 6.8 km apart
Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 2.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40129 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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