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| Basic information | Name: Novosibirsk This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: Russia Mass:  11.41 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 255 approved meteorites classified as H5/6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE NOVOSIBIRSK, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: NOVOSIBIRSK Place of find: On the eastern outskirts of Novosibirsk city, USSR. 55°0'N., 82°54'E. Date of find: Spring 1978 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5,6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 11.41 kg Circumstances of find: Found at a depth of 1.5 m in sandy soil during excavations. Source: G.M. Ivanova, Commission on Meteorites and Cosmic Dust, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk-90, USSR. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Novosibirskaya oblast', Russia This is 1 of 151 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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