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El Médano 486
Basic information Name: El Médano 486
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EM 486
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Chile
Mass:help 8.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12023 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 11 Nov 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Antofagasta
Date:2019 nov 6
Latitude:24°39.454'S
Longitude:70°17.320'W
Mass (g):8.63
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:5.24
Classifier:Béatrice Doisneau (MNHNP), Emmanuel Jacquet (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):8.63
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Matthieu Gounelle
Comments:Field name: MA166; submitted by B. Doisneau
Institutions
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MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: 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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Chile
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (24° 39' 27"S, 70° 17' 19"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3632 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 3661 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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