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Roosevelt County 001
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1968
Country: United States
Mass:help 462 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 63  (1985)  H3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8
Recommended:  H3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB63
  Table 1
  Line 1:
Date:1968
Latitude:33°48'N
Longitude:103°32'W
Mass (g):462
Class:H3
Finder:Mr. Skip Wilson
Comments:S14 T6S R33E; Source: E.R.D. Scott, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (33° 48'N, 103° 32'W)
     Recommended::   (33° 47'N, 103° 34'W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 3.6 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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