TSAREV

 

TSAREV

Found USSR, 1968 (Possible fall in 1922)

Chondrite

L5, Shock Darkened

Specimen is a 4.09g slice



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Basic information Name: Tsarev This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1968
Country: Russia
Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin, MB 59 (1981): L5
NHM Catalogue, 5th Edition (2000): L5
MetBase, v. 7.1 (2006): L5

Recommended: L5
Writeup Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.
FALL OF THE TSAREV, USSR, STONY METEORITE
Name: TSAREV
Place of fall: Near Tsarev village, Volgograd district, USSR.
48°42'N., 45°42'E.
Date of fall: December 6, 1922, 0700 hrs (?), found 1968, recognized 1979.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5).
Number of individual
specimens: 28
Total weight: 1131.7 kg
Circumstances of find: Found in fields, the first few specimens were found by B.G. Nikiforov. The largest mass weighs 284 kg, the smallest 761 g. The greatest distance between the find sites was 6.0 km.
Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences, Mos­cow, USSR.

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