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| Basic information | Name: Woodbine This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1953 Country: United States Mass:  48.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 24:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. NEW WOODBINE IRON METEORITE, USA Name: WOODBINE. The place of fall or discovery: About two km west of Woodbine, Illinois, USA; φ = 42°20.8' N, λ = 90°10.1' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the spring of 1953. Class and type: IRON, with silicate inclusions. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 48.2 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was discovered by a farmer while plowing. It is in the US National Museum (Washington, USA). Source: Report sent by Dr. W. F. Read (Appleton, USA) in a letter to E. L. Krinov, February 15, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Woodbine in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 24, Moscow (1962)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Illinois, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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