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| Basic information | Name: Schönenberg This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1846 Country: Germany Mass:  8 kg | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 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 Oct 2014: corrected coordinates | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Schönenberg, new coordinates During investigations of original literature for the book “Nicht von dieser Welt, Bayerns Meteorite," published by the Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt (2012), it was discovered that the actual fall locality of this meteorite is the village "Schönenberg" near Jettingen-Scheppach, located north of the city of Krumbach, Swabia. The coordinates are: 48°21'N, 10°24'E. Submitted by D. Heinlein. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
Heinlein: Dieter Heinlein, Lilienstrasse 3, 86156 Augsburg, Germany; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Bayern, Germany (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites from Germany (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Schoneberg (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||