Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Zsadany

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Zsadany

Basic information

Name: Zsadany
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1875
Country: Romania
Mass: 552 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 4 Jul 2020: Re-corrected coordinates

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Zsadany: corrected location

Lüttge-Pop et al. (2013) present corrected information on the fall coordinates as 45°55'N, 21°13'E .

Bibliography:

Lüttge-Pop D., Andrei R.J., and Har N. (2013) Historical Romanian meteorites: emendations of official catalogue records. Studia UBB Geologia, 58(2), 41-45 . (link)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Alexander Seidel

Geography:

Romania

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(46° 56'N, 21° 30'E)
Recommended::	(45° 55'N, 21° 13'E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 115.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Timis, Romania
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Romania (plus 2 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Jadani (From MetBase)
Szadany (In NHM Cat)

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