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Dispatch
Basic information Name: Dispatch
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1956
Country: United States
Mass:help 220 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H
Recommended:  H    [explanation]

This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, Ordinary chondrites
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Writeup from MB 30:
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DISPATCH, Smith County, Kansas, USA; φ = 39°30'N, λ = 98°32'W.

FOUND 1956, 0.22 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (39° 30'N, 98° 32'W)
     Recommended::   (39° 30'N, 98° 32'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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