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Basic information | Name: Bilibino This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1981 Country: Russia Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 150 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 60:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BILIBINO, USSR, IRON METEORITE Name: BILIBINO Place of find: Bilibino district, Magadan region, USSR. 67°18'N., 160°48'E. Date of find: June 20, 1981 Class and type: Iron. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1000 kg Circumstances of find: Found at a depth of 12 m by A. P. Gritsaenko and V. D. Antropov. The mass measures 106 x 60 X 47 cm. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug, Russia (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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