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Elephant Moraine 92150
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 92150
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 92150
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 18.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 17(3)  (1994)  CR2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  CR2
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CR2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 188 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 349:
Origin or pseudonym:Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):18.8
Class:CR2
Weathering grade:B/C
Comments:87711 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(3) (1994), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 2' 1"S, 156° 1' 20"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 34.9 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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