Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for São Jose do Rio Preto

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 15 Apr 2024
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

São Jose do Rio Preto

Basic information

Name: São Jose do Rio Preto
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1962
Country: Brazil
Mass: 927 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Catalogs:

Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):

References:

Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Corey Kuo
Gabriel Gonçalves Silva
José Carlos de Medeiros Júnior
Rodrigo Guerra
Suzanne De Paula

Geography:

Brazil

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(20° 48' 36"S, 49° 22' 50"W)
Recommended::	(20° 48' 36"S, 49° 22' 50"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Sao Paulo, Brazil (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters)

Proximity search:

Also see:

This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.

Direct link to this page