Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 5178

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 15 Apr 2024
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Northwest Africa 5178

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5178
This is NOT an official name: Discredited meteorite.
Abbreviation: NWA 5178
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 24.37 kg

Classification
history:

Recommended:

Discredited [explanation]

Comments:

Revised 6 Sep 2013: Abolishing unused provisional name

Writeup

Writeup from MB online:

The name Taoudenni was approved for the meteorite with the provisional name Northwest Africa (NWA) 5178 by mistake. Therefore, the name NWA 5178 is abolished.

Catalogs:

References:

Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Crosslinks:

This lists all records that are linked to this record and to each other.

Also see:

This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.

Revision
history:

This lists important revisions made to data for this record.

Direct link to this page