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Thiel Mountains 99001
Basic information Name: Thiel Mountains 99001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TIL 99001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass:help 288 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  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)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 8
  Line 1:
Latitude:85°09.910'S
Longitude:94°34.401'W
Mass (g):288
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):23.86
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.16
Classifier:P. Sipiera (Harper), G. Jerman (MSFC) and A. Patzer (UAz)
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:PSF
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
MSFC: NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, United States (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 10'S, 94° 34'W)
     Recommended::   (85° 9' 55"S, 94° 34' 24"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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