Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for MacAlpine Hills 02785

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MacAlpine Hills 02785

Basic information

Name: MacAlpine Hills 02785
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 02785
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1.29 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 28(1)	(2005)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 1715 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 14645

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 518:

Origin or pseudonym:	The Neck
Mass (g):	1.29
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	B/C

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(1) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(84° 18' 36"S, 159° 59' 24"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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