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| Basic information | Name: Densmore (1950) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1950 Country: United States Mass:  11.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 47:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF DENSMORE STONY METEORITE, USA Name: DENSMORE (1950) The place of fall or discovery: About 7 miles southeast of Densmore, Kansas; φ = 39 °33'57"N, λ = 99°38'50" W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1950. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 11.3 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Found in a field by a farmer, Louis Voss. Source: Report of Pros. William J. Read (Appleton, USA) in a letter July 26, 1969. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 47, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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