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Queen Alexandra Range 02122
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 02122
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 02122
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 5.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(3)  (2004)  LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 389 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 14567
Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 762:
Origin or pseudonym:Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):5.06
Class:LL4
Weathering grade:A/B
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(3) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (84° 34' 29"S, 162° 2' 2"E)
Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 92.2 km apart

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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