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Roosevelt County 020
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 020
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 020
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1983
Country: United States
Mass:help 528 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 63  (1985)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7131 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:
  MB63
  Table 1
  Line 30:
Date:1983
Latitude:34°8'N
Longitude:103°34'W
Mass (g):528
Class:L5
Classifier:
Finder:Eugene Moore. Source: P. Sipie
Comments:S28 T2S R32E
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 8'N, 103° 34'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 8'N, 103° 34'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 226 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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