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Mount Wisting 17261
Basic information Name: Mount Wisting 17261
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: WSG 17261
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 184 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 9092 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Mar 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2017
Latitude:-86.5039
Longitude:-165.618
Mass (g):184.04
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):184.04
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:EMPA; submitted by AMN
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 44(1) (2021), JSC, Houston
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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     Recommended::   (86° 30' 14"S, 165° 37' 5"W)

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     This is 1 of 45500 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)
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