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Pampa (f)
Basic information Name: Pampa (f)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1300 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L4/5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4/5
Recommended:  L4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 20:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta, Chile
Origin or pseudonym:Deflation basin
Date:2000
Latitude:23°11'S
Longitude:70°26'W
Mass (g):1300
Pieces:1
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.4
Classifier:M. Zolensky (JSC)
Type spec mass (g):30
Main mass:R. Martinez
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Institutions
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (23° 11'S, 70° 26'W)
     Recommended::   (23° 11'S, 70° 26'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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