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Dhofar 239
Basic information Name: Dhofar 239
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 239
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Oman
Mass:help 4.95 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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 178:
Date:5 Aug 2000
Latitude:18°25.414'N
Longitude:54°28.796'E
Mass (g):4950
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):17
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):244
Institutions
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Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Oman
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (18° 25'N, 54° 29'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 25' 25"N, 54° 28' 48"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 26 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 3998 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 441 unapproved names)
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