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Dresden (Kansas) | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Dresden (Kansas) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1953 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10973 approved meteorites (plus 20 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 40:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DRESDEN, Decatur County, Kansas, USA; φ = 38°48'N, λ = 100°25'W. FOUND, 1953; recognized 1965. STONY, chondrite. 1 specimen, weight 6.76 kg. Meteorite was turned up by bulldozer during the building of a country road. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 40, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1891 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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Edmond (In NHM Cat) |