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| Basic information | Name: Tambakwatu This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1975 Country: Indonesia Mass:  10.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12068 approved meteorites (plus 6 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE TAMBAKWATU, INDONESIA, STONY METEORITE Name: TAMBAKWATU Place of fall: Near the village of Tambakwatu, Java, Indonesia. 7°45'S., 112°46'E., approx. Date of fall: February 14, 1975, before midnight. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa23.8, pyroxene Fs20.4. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 10.5 kg. Circumstances of fall: Seen to fall in the countryside of the Purwosari district. Recovered later by the Jakarta Planetarium. Source: S. Darsa, Planetarium and Observatory, Jakarta, Indonesia and K. Fredriksson, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Jawa Timur, Indonesia This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Indonesia (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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