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| Basic information | Name: Park This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: United States Mass:  13 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE PARK, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: PARK Place of find: Gove County, Kansas, USA. 39°06.6'N., 100°21.7'W. Date of find: Recognized 1969 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Olivine Fa25.6. Number of individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 13 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Obtained by Arizona State University in 1978. Source: C.F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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