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Tennasilm

Basic information

Name: Tennasilm
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1872
Country: Estonia
Mass: 28.5 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 20 Dec 2015: Corrected coordinates

Writeup

Writeup from MB online:

Tennasilm: Corrected fall location

Tõnu Pan, TNHM, reports that the geographic coordinates for the Tennasilm fall, listed in most modern databases, are incorrect by >100 km. The actual location, as reported by Schilling (1873), is very close to the farm "Sikkensaare" (now "Sikkansaare"), which is about 1 km away from the village "Tennasilm", now "Tännassilma". The coordinates of the farm are 58°44'07'"N, 25°29'37'"E.

Bibliography:

Schilling, G. (1973) Mittheilungen uber den am 16./28. Juni 1872 Mittags, beim Dorfe Tennasilm, im Kirchspiel Turgel des Kreises Jerwen in Ehstland niedergegallenen Steinmeteoriten. Mit 1 Tafel,. Dorpat, 1873. (link)

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Institutions
and collections

MIT: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 54-1224, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States (institutional address)
NU: School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, #163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China, China (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015)
TNHM: Vanemuise 46, Tartu, Estonia; Website (institutional address; updated 20 Dec 2015)

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References:

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Sergey Vasiliev
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael S. Scherman
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Estonia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(58° 2'N, 26° 57'E)
Recommended::	(58° 44' 7"N, 25° 29' 37"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 115.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Estonia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 4 impact craters)

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Synonyms

Sikkensaare (In NHM Cat)
Tennasilon (In NHM Cat)
Tennsilom (In NHM Cat)

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