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Rahimyar Khan | |||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Rahimyar Khan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1983 Country: Pakistan Mass: 67.23 kg | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 89:
Rahimyar Khan Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan Fell, 1983, December Ordinary chondrite (L5) A few shepherds heard thundering sounds and later found a single 67.225 kg stone buried about 1 meter deep in a sand dune. Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): The meteorite is a chondrite; Fa 23.5 mol%, S3, W1. Specimens: type specimen 25 g UCLA; main mass anonymous. | ||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Punjab, Pakistan This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites from Pakistan (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||
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