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| Basic information | Name: Melnikovo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: Ukraine Mass:  546 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2930 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 70:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Melnikovo Valki District, Kharkov Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR Found in June 1983, recognized 1986 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (LL6) One stone of 545 g was found on a field. Olivine Fa28, N. N. Kononkova, classification by A. N. Krot, information by M. I. Petaev, all at Committee on Meteorites, USSR Academy of Sciences, U1. M. Ulyanovoi 3, Moscow 117313, USSR, where also the main mass is located. See also Krot et al., Lunar Planet Sci. XXII (1991), in press. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 70, Meteoritics 26, 68-69 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Khar'kov, Ukraine This is 1 of 45 approved meteorites from Ukraine (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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