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| Basic information | Name: Çanakkale This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1964 Country: Turkey Mass:  4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 33:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF ÇANAKKALE STONY-IRON METEORITE, TURKEY Name: ÇANAKKALE. The place of fall or discovery: Bayramic (neighbor of Canakkale), Turkey; φ = 39°48' N, λ = 26°36' E. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, the end of July, 1964. Class and type: STONY-IRON. Number of individual specimens: Some pieces. Total weight: The biggest is 4 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: A fragment of the meteorite weighing 0.4 kg is preserved in the Department of Astronomy of the University (Bornova - Izmir, Turkey). Source: Report of Dr. A. Kizilirmak (Bornova - Izmir, Turkey) in a letter, XII.7 1964. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 33, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Canakkale, Turkey This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Turkey (plus 4 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Cannakale (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||