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| Basic information | Name: Peckelsheim This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1953 Country: Germany Mass:  117.8 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 63 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-pm. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 46:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF PECKELSHEIM STONY METEORITE, GFR Name: PECKELSHEIM. The place of fall or discovery: In the forest 3'/2 km east-north-east of Peckelsheim and 12 km north of Warburg, German Federal Republic; φ = 51°40' N, λ = 9°15'E. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, March 3, 1953, about 14h 30m. Class and type: STONY, enstatite achondrite, brecciated. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 117.8 g. Circumstances of the fall discovery: The meteorite struck a bough of a tree and fell to the or feet of workers. Before falling of the meteorite the workers heard a whine similar to that of shell-splinter. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 46, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 57 approved meteorites from Germany (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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