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| Basic information | Name: Chitenay This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1978 Country: France Mass:  4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12313 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 4 Jan 2020: Coords from P.-M. Pelé | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE CHITENAY, FRANCE, STONY METEORITE Name: CHITENAY Place of fall: L'Ardoise, 2 km SW of Chitenay and 14 km south of Blois, Loir et Cher Department, France. 47°28'15"N., 0°58'36"W. Date of fall: February 21, 1978, 1956 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 1, broken into two fragments Total weight: About 4 kg Circumstances of fall: The stone made a hole in a lawn close to the house of Colonel J. Gaucher. It was discovered at 0900 hrs. the following day. The fireball was observed by many people from different regions of France (Reims, Lyon, St. Etienne, St. Tropez, Toulouse, Bordeaux). Some observers reported that the fireball disrupted into two or three fragments. Source: Mme. M. Christophe-Michael-Levy, Laboratoire de Mineralogie et Cristallographie, Universite Paris-VI, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 28.7 km apart Statistics: This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Centre, France (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites from France (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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