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| Basic information | Name: Changde This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1977 Country: China Mass:  1810 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE CHANGDE, CHINA, STONE METEORITE Name : CHANGDE Place of fall: Near the town of Changde, Hunan Province, China. 29°05'N., 111°45'E. Date of fall: March 11, 1977, at about 11.54 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Total iron 28.21 wt. %. Number of individual specimens: 11 Total weight: 1.81 kg Circumstances of fall: After a fireball and sonic effects likened to thunder, a shower of stones fell within an elliptical area 6 km by 4 km, the major axis being inclined N 10°W.-S 10°E. The largest stones were found in the southern portion of this area. The largest mass weighed 900 g, the smallest 11.8 g. Source: D. Wang, Z. Ouyan and J. Cao, 1977. Mineralogy, petrology, and chemical composition of the Changde meteorite shower. Geochimica No. 4, 288-296. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Hunan, China This is 1 of 489 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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