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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:help 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
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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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Geography:

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

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     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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Synonymshelp: Alba Julia (In NHM Cat)
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Karlsburg (In NHM Cat)
Veresegyhaza (In NHM Cat)

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