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| Basic information | Name: Suchy Dul This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1969 Country: Czech Republic Mass:  815 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13099 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 48:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF SUCHY DUL STONY METEORITE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Name: SUCHY DUL The place of fall or discovery: The village of Suchy Dul, near town of Police, Nachod district, Czechoslovakia; φ = 55° 33'N, λ = 16°16'E. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, September 16, 1969; 7h00- UT. Class and type: STONE, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 840 g. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Meteorite struck the roof of a house and was split into two pieces, weights: 755.2 and 60.1 g. Mrs. Klimesova was in a garden about 50 meters from point of impact. She said that fall of the meteorite was accompanied with boom like that of airplane then there was sharp whine and struck. A fragment of the meteorite weighing 636 g was turned over to the National Museum (Prague, Czechoslovakia). Source: Report of Dr. Z. Ceplecha (Prague, Czechoslovakia September 22, 23 and 26, and October 16 and 24, 1969; reports No. 760, 762, and 765 and a telegram September 23, 1969 of the Center for Short-lived Phenomena, Cambridge, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 48, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Královéhradecký, Czech Republic (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites from Czech Republic (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Police (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||