Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 85147

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Allan Hills 85147

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 85147
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 85147
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 3 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 10(2)	(1987)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1375:

Origin or pseudonym:	Far Western
Mass (g):	3
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	B

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2) (1987), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
Recommended::	(76° 54' 5"S, 156° 42' 34"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 78.1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 45041 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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