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| Basic information | Name: Beeler This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1924 Country: United States Mass:  11.62 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2892 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 47:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF CASTER FARM STONY METEORITE, USA Name: CASTER FARM. The place of fall or discovery: Ness County, Kansas, USA; (φ = 38°31'N, λ =100° 15' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1924. Class and type: STONY, type unknown. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 8.64 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Found by B. F. and R. G. Caster. The specimen is on loan to the Fort Hays Kansas State College Museum, Hays. Source: The same. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 47, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Caster Farm (In NHM Cat) Castor Brothers' Farm (In NHM Cat) Castor Farm (In NHM Cat) Ness County (From MetBase) Ness County (in part) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||