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| Basic information | Name: Bovedy This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1969 Country: United Kingdom Mass:  5.46 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 802 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 46:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF BELFAST STONY METEORITE, GREAT BRITAIN Name: BELFAST. The place of fall or discovery: Near Belfast, Northern Ireland, Great Britain Date of fall or discovery: FALL, April 25, 1969, at 21h 25m GMT. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 3. Total weight: About 8 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The fireball was seen all the way from Sussex through London, Doncaster and Yorkshire to Northern Ireland toward Belfast. It was moving from ESE to W NW very rapidly. There was a swishing noise and people reported explosions. The largest fragment of the meteorite weighing 7,400 g was found near the village of F ilrea, Londonderry County. Searches are being conducted. Source: Information Reports No. 516-518, 520, 523-526 of the Center for Shortlived P1 enomena of the Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 46, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Northern Ireland, United Kingdom This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from United Kingdom (plus 23 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Belfast (In NHM Cat) Kilrea (In NHM Cat) Sprucefield (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||