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| Basic information | Name: Akron (1961) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1961 Country: United States Mass:  4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 32:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF AKRON NO. 3 STONY METEORITE, USA Name: AKRON No. 3. The place of fall or discovery: Washington County, Colorado, USA; φ = 40°9' N, λ = 103°10' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1962; recognized 1963. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: One nearly complete individual. Total weight: 4 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: --- Source: Report of Dr. Glenn I. Huss (Denver, USA) in a letter IX.21 1964. (See also the M. B. No. 30, 1964). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 32, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Akron no. 3 (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||