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Pecora Escarpment 01010
Basic information Name: Pecora Escarpment 01010
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 01010
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass:help 8.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  LL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 5
  Line 5:
Date:Jan 2002
Latitude:85°41.174'S
Longitude:68°49.107'W
Mass (g):8.9
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):27.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.8
Classifier:P. Sipiera, PSF
Type spec location:DuPont
Main mass:DuPont
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
DuPont: James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection, Deposited at FMNH in 2008., United States (private address; updated 1 Jun 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (85° 41' 10"S, 68° 49' 6"W)

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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