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| Basic information | Name: Schenectady This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1968 Country: United States Mass:  283 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 44:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF SCHENECTADY STONY METEORITE, USA Name: SCHENECTADY. The place of fall or discovery: Glenville, New York, USA; φ ~ 42°55' N, λ ~ 73'57' W. Date of fall or discovery: FALL. April 12, 1968, about 20: 30 EST. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 283 g. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Mr. Joseph W. Kowalski heard a sound from his roof. On April 14, 1968 he noticed some damage of his roof and found the meteorite fragment. It was donated to the Schenectady Museum. Source: Report of Dr. Russell W. Carter (Schenectady, USA) in a letter, VIII 16, 1968. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 44, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from New York, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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