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| Basic information | Name: Dosso This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1962 Country: Niger Mass:  1250 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12058 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 25:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF DOCCO STONY METEORITE, NIGERIA Name: DOCCO. The place of fall or discovery: 30 km from the village of Hanam Tombo, Nigeria. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, February 19, 1962, approximately 12 h. 30 in. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 2. Total weight: 1.25 kg (weight of sample brought to Paris Museum of Natural History); the second sample was kept by the local authorities. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: --- Source: Report of Dr. E. Jérémine (Paris, France) to E. L. Krinov in a letter, IX.19.1962. Writeup from MB 26: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. A letter from Dr. E. Jérémine (Paris, France) 11.20, 1963 reports that the right name of stony meteorite fell in Nigeria of February 19, 1962 Dosso and not Docco, as previously reported in the Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 25, December, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 25, Moscow (1962) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 26, Moscow (1963)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Dosso, Niger This is 1 of 93 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Docco (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||