Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Bethel (b)

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Bethel (b)

Basic information

Name: Bethel (b)
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1968
Country: United States
Mass: 56.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6359 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 2
  Line 2:

Date:	1968
Latitude:	34°14.8'N
Longitude:	103°23.7'W
Mass (g):	56.8
Class:	H4
Classifier:
Type spec mass (g):	52.2
Main mass:	MPI

Institutions
and collections

MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 15'N, 103° 24'W)
Recommended::	(34° 14' 48"N, 103° 23' 42"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1886 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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