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| Basic information | Name: Ningbo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1975 Country: China Mass:  14.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE NINGBO, CHINA, IRON METEORITE Name: NINGBO Place of fall: Near Ningbo, Chekiang province, China. 29°54'N., 121°33'E. Date of fall: 4 October 1975, 1220 hrs. Class and type: Iron. Total weight: 14.3 kg Source: S. Song, R. Li and Z. Zhon, 1976.γ-ray spectrometric measurements on the Ningbo iron meteorite for its radioactive species produced by cosmic rays. Geochimica pp. 273-278 (in Chinese, with English abstract). See also Mineralogical Abstracts 78,749. Note: In the Times Atlas, Ningbo is called Ningpo, Chekiang Province, China. In the current transliteration Ningbo is favoured. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Zhejiang, China This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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