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Dandapur
Basic information Name: Dandapur
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1878
Country: India
Mass:help 5.65 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 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)
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Don Edwards   
Peter Marmet   
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John A. Shea   
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Geography:

India
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (26° 55'N, 83° 58'E)
     Recommended::   (26° 55'N, 83° 58'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites from Uttar Pradesh, India
     This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Goruckpur (In NHM Cat)

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