header
  MetSoc Home            Publications            Contacts  
Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 3 Sep 2023
Search for: Search type: Search limits: Display: Publication:
Names
Text help
Places
Classes
Years
Contains
Starts with
Exact
Sounds like
NonAntarctic
Falls  Non-NWAs
What's new
  in the last:
Include past classifications in search
Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:  
Benares (a)
Basic information Name: Benares (a)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1798
Country: India
Mass:help 3.7 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 389 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Catalogs:
Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):   
    Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):   
    Require NHM photo
References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:
Photos:
CreditPhotos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Austromet   
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.
    (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Dominik Stoeckli   
METEORITICON   
Peter Marmet   
Geography:

India
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 22'N, 82° 55'E)
     Recommended::   (25° 22'N, 82° 55'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites from Uttar Pradesh, India
     This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
Proximity search:
Find nearby meteorites: enter search radius (km):
Synonymshelp: Benares (From MetBase)
Krakhut (In NHM Cat)

Direct link to this page