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Dhofar 243
Basic information Name: Dhofar 243
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 243
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass:help 185.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6532 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)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 1
  Line 180:
Date:6 Feb 2001
Latitude:18°37.39'N
Longitude:54°43.71'E
Mass (g):185.3
Pieces:2
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):19.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):23.1
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 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° 37'N, 54° 44'E)
     Recommended::   (18° 37' 23"N, 54° 43' 43"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2167 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 4001 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 436 unapproved names)
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