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| Basic information | Name: Bogou This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1962 Country: Burkina Faso? Mass:  8.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 BOGOU IRON METEORITE, UPPER VOLTA, AFRICA. Name: BOGOU. The place of fall or discovery: Near the village of Bogou, situated about 130 km northeast of Feda-N'Gourma, Upper Volta, Africa; φ =12°52' N, λ = 0°48' E. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, August 14, 1962, approximately 10:00 A. M. Class and type: IRON, octahedrite coarse. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 8.8 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The eye witness reports that a noise was heard similar to an airplane flying at high altitude. Seconds later, a second noise was heard, more muffled than the first then becoming a shrill sound like a rocket. About the time the sound reached its maximum, a flash was seen. A crater between 20 and 30 cm in radius, and about 50 cm, deep, was made. This meteorite is in Washington, USA, as a loan from the President Yameogo of Upper Volta. Source: Report of Dr. E. P. Henderson (Washington, USA) to E. L. Krinov in a letter, XII, 4, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Bogou in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 25, Moscow (1962)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Gourma?, Burkina Faso? This is the only approved meteorite from Burkina Faso? | ||||||||||||||||
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