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Loop (c)
Basic information Name: Loop (c)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1964
Country: United States
Mass:help 861 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  OC
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  OC
Recommended:  OC    [explanation]

This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as OC.   [show all]
Search for other: Ordinary chondrites
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 2
  Line 22:
Date:recog. 1964
Latitude:32°59'N
Longitude:102°23.3'W
Mass (g):861
Class:chondrite
Classifier:
Type spec mass (g):146
Main mass:MPI
Institutions
   and collections		 MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 59'N, 102° 23'W)
     Recommended::   (32° 59' 0"N, 102° 23' 18"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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