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Dimitrovgrad
Basic information Name: Dimitrovgrad
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1949
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Mass:help 100 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 18  (1960)  Iron
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IIIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIIA
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 341 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 18:
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DIMITROVGRAD

φ = 43°2'47" N; λ =  22°51'50"  E.

FOUND 1955.

IRON, medium octahedrite.

1 specimen, weight 100 kg.

Buchwald The following entries were found for Dimitrovgrad in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 18, Moscow (1960)
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Geography:

Serbia and Montenegro
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (43° 2' 47"N, 22° 51' 50"E)
     Recommended::   (43° 2' 47"N, 22° 51' 50"E)

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     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Serbia and Montenegro
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Synonymshelp: Caribrod (In NHM Cat)
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Pirot (In NHM Cat)

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