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Elephant Moraine 99457

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 99457
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 99457
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 9.8 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 24(1)	(2001)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table A1
  Line 76:

Origin or pseudonym:	Main icefield
Mass (g):	9.8
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	A/B

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 24(1) (2001), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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