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Success
Basic information Name: Success
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1924
Country: United States
Mass:help 3.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 5  (1957)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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)
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Writeup from MB 5:
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Name: SUCCESS

The place of discovery: Success, Clay County, Arkansas, USA; φ = 36°29'N, λ = 98°40'W.

Date of discovery: FALL, April 18, 1924 between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m.

Class and type: STONE, chondrite

The number of separate specimens: 1

Total weight, grams: 3500

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 5, Moscow (1957)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (36° 29'N, 90° 40'W)
     Recommended::   (36° 29'N, 90° 40'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from Arkansas, United States
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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