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| Basic information | Name: Vetluga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1949 Country: Russia Mass:  750 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 294 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE VETLUGA, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: VETLUGA (Betyra) Place of fall: 7 km distant from the town Vetluga, Gorky district, USSR. 57°48'N., 45°48'E. Date of fall: February 27, 1949, day time. Class and type: Stone. Achondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 750 g Circumstances of fall: A meteorite fell in forest 80 m from south shore of Bobrovo lake. No atmospheric flight was observed. The meteorite is kept in the Vetluga Museum. Source: N.P. Denissov. See Meteoritika No. 37, 1978. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Russia (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 158 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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