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Basic information | Name: Mokrousovo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: Russia Mass: 789 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is the only approved meteorite classified as L/LL4/5. Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MOKROUSOVO, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: MOKROUSOVO Place of find: Near the Mokrousovo village, Mokrousovskij District, Kurganskaya Region, USSR. 55°54'N., 66°42'E. Date of find: Summer 1968, known since 1983. Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 789.2 g Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found in a ploughed field by a tractor-driver, V.A. Vershinin. Initially the meteorite weighed about two kg and was shaped like a ball. The meteorite was preserved and passed over to the USSR Academy of Sciences by A.G. Vershinin. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, USSR Academy of Sciences. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Kurganskaya oblast', Russia This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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