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| Basic information | Name: Chiang Khan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1981 Country: Thailand Mass:  367 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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. FALL OF THE CHIANG KHAN, THAILAND, STONY METEORITE Name: CHIANG KHAN Place of fall: Chiang Khan, Loei, Thailand. 17°54'N., 101°38'E. Date of fall: November 17, 1981, 05.30 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Olivine Fa18. Number of individual specimens: 31 Total weight: 367 g Circumstances of fall: After a bright fireball and detonations, 31 pieces were recovered from the town of Chiang Khan, on the Thailand-Laos border. The largest fragment weighed 51.3 g. Source: R.S. Clarke, Jr., Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560; Smithsonian Institution SEAN Bulletin, 1981, 6, No. 11, p. 9. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Loei, Thailand This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Chang Khan (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||