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| Basic information | Name: Zhaodong This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1984 Country: China Mass:  42 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 1709 approved meteorites (plus 4 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE ZHAODONG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: ZHAODONG Place of fall: Zhaodong County, Heilongjiang province, China. 45°49'N., 125°55'E. Date of fall: October 25, 1984, 1505 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). Olivine Fa24_4. Number of individual specimens: 4 Total weight: 42 kg Circumstances of fall: A fireball was seen travelling from SW to NE. The four fragments recovered weigh 25 kg, 14.5 kg, 1.6 kg and 0.8 kg respectively. Source: D. Wang, Institute of Geochemistry, Academica Sinica, Guiyang, China; A.E. Rubin and J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. The material is currently held at the Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, China. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Heilongjiang, China This is 1 of 418 approved meteorites from China (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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