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Meteorite Hills 00647
Basic information Name: Meteorite Hills 00647
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 00647
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 56 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 26(1)  (2003)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2884 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)
Comments: Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 4
  Line 166:
Mass (g):55.983
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:C
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 26(1) (2003), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (79° 41'S, 155° 45'E)

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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