Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Bates Nunataks 00309

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Bates Nunataks 00309

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Name: Bates Nunataks 00309
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: BTN 00309
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 24.1 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 25(2)	(2002)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7139 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB87
  Table A1
  Line 9:

Origin or pseudonym:	Bates North
Mass (g):	24.08
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	B

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(2) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(80° 15'S, 153° 30'E)
Recommended::	(80° 15'S, 153° 30'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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