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Allan Hills A78250
Basic information Name: Allan Hills A78250
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA78250
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 78250 (ALH 78250) in publications.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1977 or 1978
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 2.87 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 798 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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