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| Basic information | Name: Great Sand Sea 039 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: GSS 039 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: Egypt Mass:  128.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 25 Jan 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 14: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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