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| Basic information | Name: Ybbsitz This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Austria Mass:  15 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE YBBSITZ, AUSTRIA, STONY METEORITE Name: YBBSITZ Place of find: Near Ybbsitz, Austria. 47°57'36"N., 14°53'24"E. Date of find: 1977 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 15 kg, approximately. Circumstances of find: Collected as a rock sample by a geologist of the Austrian Geological Survey in 1977. Recognized as meteoritic in 1980. Source: Smithsonian Institution SEAN Bull. 1980, (5), no. 4, p. 16. Dr. G. Kurat, Naturhistorisches Mus., Wien, Austria. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Niederosterreich, Austria This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Austria (plus 3 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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