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| Basic information | Name: Lost City This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1970 Country: United States Mass:  17 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12023 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 49:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF LOST CITY STONY METEORITE, USA Name: LOST CITY. The place of fall or discovery: Near Lost City, Oklahoma, USA. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, January 4, 1970, 2h14m U. T. Class and type: STONY, bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 2. Total weight: 9.83 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The fireball (-15mg) was visible for about 9 seconds. The fireball was accompanied with sonic phenomena. Source: A telegram and reports No. 842 and 843 of the Center for short-lived Phenomena, Cambridge, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 49, Moscow (1970) reprinted Meteoritics 6, 111-124 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (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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