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Motpena (a) | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Motpena (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: Australia Mass: 8.81 kg | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12668 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MOTPENA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MOTPENA Synonym: Parachilna Place of find: On Motpena station, WNW of Parachilna, South Australia. 31°06'S, 138°16'E. Date of find: August, 1968. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 9 kg Circumstances of find: Found by H. Bartlett and B. John. Source: Dr. D. W. P. Corbett, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms: |
Motpena (From MetBase) Parachilna (In NHM Cat) |