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Los Vientos 008
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Chile
Mass:help 1617 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11504 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 29 Mar 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2010 Sep 29
Latitude:24°41'S
Longitude:69°46'W
Mass (g):1617
Pieces:22
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:5.26
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:E. Christensen
Finder:E. Christensen / A. Serio
Comments:Submitted by J. Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3417 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3446 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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