Publication
Names
  • Harold C., Jr. Connolly
  • Caroline Smith
  • Gretchen Benedix
  • Luigi Folco
  • Kevin Righter
  • Jutta Zipfel
  • Akira Yamaguchi
  • Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane
Title
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 92, 2007 September
Abstract
In this editon of The Meteoritical Bulletin, 1394 recognized meteorites are reported, 27 from specific locations within Africa, 133 from Northwest Africa, 1227 from Antartica (from ANSMET, PNRA, and PRIC expeditions), and 7 from Asia. The Meteoritical Bulletin announces the approval of four new names series by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society, two from Africa and one from Asia, including Al Haggounia, from Al Haggounia, Morocco, which is projected to be on the order of 3 metric tons of material related to enstatite chondrites and aubrites. Approved are two falls from Africa, Bassikounou (Mauretania) and Gashua (Nigeria). Approved from areas other than Antarctica are one lunar, two Martian, 32 other achondrites, three mesosiderites, two pallasites, one CM, two CK, one CR2, two CV3, one CR2, and four R chondrites. The Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society 48 newly approved relict meteorites from two new name series, Österplana and Gullhögen (both from Sweden).
Keywords
MCY05230, GRO03116
Content
material-matter
Year
2007
Journal
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Volume
42
Number
9
Pages
1647 - 1694
Pages number
48
Document type
catalog of objects
Publication state
published