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| Basic information | Name: Wethersfield (1982) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1982 Country: United States Mass:  2.76 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12583 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE WETHERSFIELD (1982), USA, STONY METEORITE Name: WETHERSFIELD (1982) Place of fall: Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA. 41°42'38"N., 72°40'25"W. Date of fall: November 8, 1982, 2114 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25 Number of individual specimens: 1 and small fragments Total weight: 2756 g Circumstances of fall: Following a fireball and thunder-like booms, a mass of 2704 g and about 52 g of fragments were recovered after falling through the roof of a house in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA. Source: R.S. Clarke, Jr., Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. Note: The stone which fell in 1971 on the same town should now be referred to as the Wethersfield (1971) meteorite. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Connecticut, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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