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Tabor
Basic information Name: Tabor
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1753
Country: Czech Republic
Mass:help 7.54 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 33  (1965)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11238 approved meteorites (plus 22 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)
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Writeup from MB 33:
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Dr. Gustav Skrov (Czeske-Budeevice, Czechoslovakia) in a letter, X.14 1964 reported about discovery by him together with Dr. B. Polesny and Dr. J. Ihm a fragĀ­ment of the stony (chondrite) meteorite of Strkov (Tabor) weighing 67.5 gr in TreĀ­bone in 1962. The meteorite was turned over to the Popular Observatory of Ceske Budejovice.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 33, Moscow (1965)
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Illustration from La Nature, 1891      
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Geography:

Czech Republic
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (49° 24'N, 14° 39'E)
     Recommended::   (49° 24'N, 14° 39'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Jihocesky, Czech Republic
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Czech Republic (plus 1 unapproved name)
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Synonymshelp: Kravin (In NHM Cat)
Krawin (In NHM Cat)
Strkov (In NHM Cat)
Strkow (In NHM Cat)

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