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Northwest Africa 4878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 4878 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 4878 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 130 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 321 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: |
Approved 4 May 2008 Revised 12 Jul 2010: The meteorite is a shergottite, T. Bunch, priv. comm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Data from: MB94 Table 2 Line 83: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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