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| Basic information | Name: Paitan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1910 Country: Philippines Mass:  515 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE PAITAN, PHILIPPINES, STONY METEORITE Name: PAITAN Place of fall: Paitan, 5 km SSE. of Cabugao, north of Vigan, Province Ilocos Sur, Luzon, Philippines. 17°45'16'N., 120°28'39"E. Date of fall: May, 1910, recognized 1986 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Olivine Fa18. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 515.8 g Circumstances of fall: One first-sized stone was found some weeks after the sighting of a bright fireball. The stone was kept for about 75 years as a family charm. Source: D. Heinlein. Puschendorfer St. 1, Veitsbronn, West Germany. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Ilocos, Philippines This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
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