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| Basic information | Name: Bronco This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1971 Country: United States Mass:  972 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as OC. [show all] Search for other: Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BRONCO, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: BRONCO Place of find: 9 km NE of Bronco, Yoakum County, Texas, USA 33°17'N., 102°58'W. Date of find: 1971 Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 5 Total weight: 972 g. Circumstances of find: Five small, heavily weathered, stones were found. They are presumed to belong to the same fall. The largest weighed 590 g and is in Los Angeles. The other four stones, totalling 382 g are in the Huss Collection. Source: J.T. Wasson, private communication. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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