The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 96

The Meteoritical Bulletin No. 96 contains a total of 1590 newly approved meteorite names with their relevant data. These include 12 from specific locations within Africa, 76 from northwest Africa, 9 from the Americas, 13 from Asia, 1 from Australia, 2 from Europe, 950 from Antarctica recovered by th...

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Published in:Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Main Authors: Weisberg, M., Smith, C., Benedix, Gretchen, Herd, C., Righter, K., Haack, H., Yamaguchi, A., Aoudjehane, H., Grossman, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28290
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01227.x
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Summary:The Meteoritical Bulletin No. 96 contains a total of 1590 newly approved meteorite names with their relevant data. These include 12 from specific locations within Africa, 76 from northwest Africa, 9 from the Americas, 13 from Asia, 1 from Australia, 2 from Europe, 950 from Antarctica recovered by the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE), and 527 from the American Antarctic program (ANSMET). Among these meteorites are 4 falls, Almahata Sitta (Sudan), Sulagiri (India), Ash Creek (United States), and Maribo (Denmark). Almahata Sitta is an anomalous ureilite and is debris from asteroid 2008 TC3 and Maribo is a CM2 chondrite. Other highlights include a lunar meteorite, a CM1 chondrite, and an anomalous IVA iron.