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Elenovka
Basic information Name: Elenovka
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1951
Country: Ukraine
Mass:help 54.64 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 6  (1957)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8690 approved meteorites (plus 4 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)
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Writeup from MB 6:
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ELENOVKA. The way station Elenovka, Stalinsk region, Ukrainian SSR; 0377, 478.

Fall October 17, 1951.

Stone; chondrite.

7 fragments, total weight (collected) 54.44 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 6, Moscow (1957)
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Geography:

Ukraine
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (47° 50'N, 37° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (47° 50'N, 37° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Donetsk, Ukraine
     This is 1 of 45 approved meteorites from Ukraine (plus 7 impact craters)
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Yelenovka (In NHM Cat)

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