Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Łowicz

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Łowicz

Basic information

Name: Łowicz
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1935
Country: Poland
Mass: 59 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Mesosiderite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Mesosiderite-A3
Recommended:			Mesosiderite-A3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite-A3. [show all]
Search for other: Class A mesosiderites, Mesosiderites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Comments:

Revised 6 Feb 2009: Added missing slash that should be through L

Catalogs:

Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo

References:

Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Martin Cimala
Sergey Vasiliev - SV-meteorites
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Alan Mazur
Brice D. Hornback
David Hardy
Dominik Stoeckli
Jay Piatek
METEORITICON
Piotr gural100
Robert Zdancewicz
Szymon Kozlowski (simkoz)
Wojciech Moscinski
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Poland

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(52° 0'N, 19° 55'E)
Recommended::	(52° 0'N, 19° 55'E)

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Skierniewice, Poland
This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Poland (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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Synonyms

Lowick (In NHM Cat)
Lowicz (Slash through L missing in MetBase 7.1)

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