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Sleeper Camp 018
Basic information Name: Sleeper Camp 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Australia
Mass:help 14.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 11 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 6
  Line 18:
Date:Mar 10, 1993
Latitude:030°06.14'S
Longitude:126°21.09'E
Mass (g):14.24
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Classifier:Alistair Bell, Richard Greenwood, Diane Johnson, Victoria Pearson
Type spec mass (g):8.9
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:WAM
Institutions
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OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 6' 8"S, 126° 21' 5"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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