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Ovid (b)
Basic information Name: Ovid (b)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1943
Country: United States
Mass:help 860 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 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)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 2
  Line 74:
State/Prov/County:Sedgwick, CO
Date:1943
Latitude:40°45.5'N
Longitude:102°22.5'W
Mass (g):860
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:G. Huss, ASU
Type spec mass (g):680
Type spec location:DMNS [Published as "Denver"]
Main mass:DMNS [Published as "Denver"]
Finder:A. T. Beckman
Comments:Does not appear to be paired with Ovid which is an H6: detailed comparison provided by Huss
Institutions
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ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
DMNS: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (40° 45' 30"N, 102° 22' 30"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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