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Obernkirchen
Basic information Name: Obernkirchen
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1863
Country: Germany
Mass:help 41 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IVA
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IVA
Recommended:  Iron, IVA    [explanation]

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
Buchwald The following entries were found for Obernkirchen in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Carl Wilhelm Ernst and a fragment of Obernkirchen   
Don Edwards   
Matteo Chinellato   
Meteorite Jaeger   
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.
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akira1988   
Dirk Hohmann   
Dott. Geol. Alberto Giusta         
Jay Piatek   
Riesgeologie      
tett   
Geography:

Germany
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (52° 16'N, 9° 6'E)
     Recommended::   (52° 16'N, 9° 6'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Niedersachsen, Germany (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites from Germany (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Bückeberg (In NHM Cat)

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