Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 02127

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Queen Alexandra Range 02127

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 02127
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 02127
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 5.4 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 396 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: 14536

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 767:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):	5.43
Class:	LL4
Weathering grade:	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° 33' 46"S, 162° 18' 36"E)

Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 89.1 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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