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Basic information | Name: Brainard This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: United States Mass: 138.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
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 BRAINARD, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: BRAINARD Place of find: 5.6 km SE. of Brainard, Butler County, Nebraska, USA. 41°9'12"N., 96°57'18'W. Date of find: Recognized 1978 Class and type: Iron. Octahedrite, medium. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 138.6 kg Circumstances of find: Ploughed up some years prior to 1978 and left in a field. Source: G.I Huss, letter of 26 February 1982. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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