Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Paposo 055

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Paposo 055

Basic information

Name: Paposo 055
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 31.9 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 3 Aug 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Paposo 055 24°59.727’S, 70°06.004’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 2017 Feb 17

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found on coarse stony pediment. There were several fragments up to 10 m distance.

Physical characteristics: The main fargment is 30.5 kg.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Equilibrated ordinary chondrite with plagioclase average size below 50 µm. Shock veins.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:	Coarse gravel pediment
Date:	2017 Feb 17
Latitude:	24°59.727'S
Longitude:	70°06.004'W
Mass (g):	31898
Pieces:	23
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.34
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	31.5
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Thomas Kurtz
Finder:	Thomas Kurtz
Comments:	work name ST03; 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 29 Oct 2018)
Kurtz: Th. and P. Kurtz, Hannover, Germany; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Svend Buhl

Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 59' 44"S, 70° 6' 0"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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