Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Bursa

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 24 Apr 2024
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Bursa

Basic information

Name: Bursa
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1946
Country: Turkey
Mass: 25 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 39	(1967)	L
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 39:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.

BURSA, Turkey; φ= 40°12'N, λ = 29^°14'E.

FALL, 1946.

STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite.

1 specimen, weight about 25 kg, in Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

Catalogs:

Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 39, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Michael Cottingham
Mike Farmer

Geography:

Turkey

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(40° 12'N, 29° 14'E)
Recommended::	(40° 12'N, 29° 14'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Bursa, Turkey
This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Turkey (plus 4 unapproved names)

Proximity search:

Also see:

This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.

Direct link to this page