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Los Vientos 177
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 177
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 177
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Chile
Mass:help 12 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 15 Jun 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:deflation surface
Date:2013 Apr 06
Latitude:~24°41'S
Longitude:~69°46'W
Mass (g):12
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:5.37
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):2.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:MMC
Finder:Rodrigo Martinez
Comments:work name RM437. Chondritic texture with well-visible chondrules. Metallic copper to 30 um.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
MMC: Museo del Meteorito, Tocopilla 401, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. or Alonso de Ercilla 1250, La Herradura, Coquimbo, Chile, Chile; Website (institutional address; updated 11 Mar 2014)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 41'S, 69° 46'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3442 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3471 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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