Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Ohaba

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Ohaba

Basic information

Name: Ohaba
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1857
Country: Romania
Mass: 16.25 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 4 Oct 2019: Updated location

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Ohaba: updated location

Lüttge-Pop et al. (2013) present corrected information on the fall coordinates as 46˚ 4’N, 23˚ 47’E, in Alba County, Romania.

Bibliography:

Lüttge-Pop D., Andrei R.J., and Har N. (2013) Historical Romanian meteorites: emendations of official catalogue records. Studia UBB Geologia, 58(2), 41-45 . (link)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Alexander Seidel
Don Edwards
Martin Horejsi
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Lucian Cojocaru
Peter Marmet

Geography:

Romania

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(46° 4'N, 23° 35'E)
Recommended::	(46° 4'N, 23° 47'E)

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Alba, Romania
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Romania (plus 2 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Alba Julia (In NHM Cat)
Carlsburg (In NHM Cat)
Karlsburg (In NHM Cat)
Veresegyhaza (In NHM Cat)

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