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Great Sand Sea 011
Basic information Name: Great Sand Sea 011
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GSS 011
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 65.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8974 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 17 Apr 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Al Wadi al Jadid
Date:1996 Dec 08
Latitude:25°35'40"N
Longitude:25°37'20"E
Mass (g):65.51
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.16
Classifier:B. Doisneau, E. Jacquet, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):65.51
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MNHNP
Finder:Wally Lama
Comments: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. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (25° 35' 40"N, 25° 37' 20"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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