header
  MetSoc Home            Publications            Contacts  
Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 18 Nov 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:
Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:  
Sidney
Basic information Name: Sidney
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1941
Country: United States
Mass:help 6 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L
Recommended:  L    [explanation]

This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as L.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, Ordinary chondrites
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 30:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.

SIDNEY, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA; φ =41°03'N, λ = 102°54'W.

FOUND 1941, 6 kg.

Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (41° 3'N, 102° 54'W)
     Recommended::   (41° 3'N, 102° 54'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States
     This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
Proximity search:
Find nearby meteorites: enter search radius (km):

Direct link to this page