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| Basic information | Name: Ransom This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1938 Country: United States Mass:  15 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6557 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 47:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF RANSOM STONY METEORITE, USA Name: RANSOM. The place of fall or discovery: Ransom, Kansas, USA; φ = 38°42' N, λ =99°52'W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1955. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: Unknown, finder reported several. Total weight: Unknown, 1.82 kg specimen studied. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Found by Joseph Luthers, Jr., and presented to Fort Hays Kansas State College Museum, Hays. Source: The same. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 47, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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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 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Rancome (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||