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Dhofar 202
Basic information Name: Dhofar 202
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 202
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 1178 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4-5
Recommended:  H4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 84 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)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 174:
Date:26 Jan 2000
Latitude:19°25.0'N
Longitude:54°45.4'E
Mass (g):1178.1
Pieces:9
Class:H4-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):17.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3
Classifier:M. Ivanova, M. Nazarov and S. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):94.7
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 25'N, 54° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (19° 25' 0"N, 54° 45' 24"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2168 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 22 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4002 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 434 unapproved names)
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