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| Basic information | Name: Raoyang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1919 Country: China Mass:  4.91 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11725 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
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 RAOYANG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: RAOYANG Place of fall: Raoyang County, Hebei province, China. 38°18'N., 115°49'E. Date of fall: 1919, about 1700 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.5. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4910 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. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 4 approved meteorites from Hebei, China This is 1 of 433 approved meteorites from China (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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