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Basic information | Name: Sheyang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1976 Country: China Mass: 605 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 SHEYANG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: SHEYANG Place of fall: Sheyang County, Jiangsu province, China. 33°39'N., 120°4'E. Date of fall: July 11, 1976,1330 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.4. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 605 g Circumstances of fall: Found in a rice paddy about 1981. The above fall date has been inferred from light and sound observations made in 1976. 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. The material is now held by the Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 11 approved meteorites from Jiangsu, China This is 1 of 514 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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