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El Médano 426

Basic information

Name: El Médano 426
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 426
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass: 118.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H5/6
Recommended:			H5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 31 Jan 2020

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antofagasta
Date:	16 Nov. 2017
Latitude:	24°38.72'S
Longitude:	70°17.67'W
Mass (g):	118.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5/6
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.12
Classifier:	E. Jacquet, B. Doisneau, MNHNP, H. Pourkhorsandi, ULB
Type spec mass (g):	118.1
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	MNHNP
Finder:	Lydie Bonal
Comments:	Field name: DM94; One large clast visible.; submitted by B. Doisneau

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
ULB: Université libre de Bruxelles Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium (institutional address; updated 27 Sep 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(24° 38' 43"S, 70° 17' 40"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 3440 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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