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Los Vientos 369
Basic information Name: Los Vientos 369
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LoV 369
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Chile
Mass:help 508 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Jun 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Los Vientos 369 (LoV 369)        24°39’22.1’’S, 069°53’09.1’’W

Antofagasta, Chile

Find: 21 Feb 2017

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Found on grano-diorite pediment surface while meteorite prospecting with six-person team.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Origin or pseudonym:Gravel pediment
Date:21 Feb 2017
Latitude:24°39'22.1''S
Longitude:069°53'09.1''W
Mass (g):508
Pieces:5
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W0/1
Magnetic suscept.:4.97
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):30.8
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Andreas Koppelt
Finder:Andreas Koppelt
Comments:work name AK020; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Andreas Koppelt   
Geography:

Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 22"S, 69° 53' 9"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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