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Basic information | Name: Qidong This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1982 Country: China Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as L/LL5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 12 Dec 2008: Removed anomalous designation, which doesn't seem to have a reason | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE QIDONG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: QIDONG Place of fall: Qidong County, Jiangsu province, China. 32-05'N., 121'30'E. Date of fall: July 2,1982,1745 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Possibly LL5, olivine Fa25.7. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1275 g Circumstances of fall: Not reported. Source: S. Wang, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China; D. Wang, A.E. Rubin and J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. Main mass at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Jiangsu, China This is 1 of 489 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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