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Kapoeta
Basic information Name: Kapoeta
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1942
Country: South Sudan
Mass:help 11.36 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Howardite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Revised 9 Jul 2011: Assigned to South Sudan
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Photograph by Geoffrey Notkin © Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery   
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.
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Brice D. Hornback   
David Hardy   
Gerald Armstrong   
Jay Piatek   
Matthew Martin      
MeteoriteCollector.org - MTCU - Monnig Collection   
Michael S. Scherman   
Michel Girard   
Robert Zdancewicz   
Geography:

South Sudan
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (4° 42'N, 33° 38'E)
     Recommended::   (4° 42'N, 33° 38'E)

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     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from South Sudan
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