Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Dhofar 458

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Dhofar 458

Basic information

Name: Dhofar 458
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Dho 458
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Oman
Mass: 36.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	Lunar
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Lunar (anorth)
Recommended:			Lunar (anorth) [explanation]

This is 1 of 65 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (anorth). [show all]
Search for other: Planetary meteorites, Lunar meteorites

Pairing group:

Specimen	Mass	Type spec	Place
Dhofar 026	148	41	Vernad
Dhofar 457	99.5	1.64	UCLA
Dhofar 458	36.7	1	UCLA
Dhofar 459	31.5	1.68	UCLA
Dhofar 460	73.1	9.16	Angers
Dhofar 461	33.7	3.03	UCLA
Dhofar 462	44.7	1.97	UCLA
Dhofar 463	24.3	2.85	UCLA
Dhofar 464	22.3	1.17	UCLA
Dhofar 465	70.7	2.58	UCLA
Dhofar 466	69.2	2.17	UCLA
Dhofar 467	36.2	1.17	UCLA
Dhofar 468	18.9	0.91	UCLA

13 specimens	708.8	70.33

Type specimen mass OK.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 6
  Line 2:

Date:	3 Apr 2001
Latitude:	18°14.917'N
Longitude:	54°00.145'E
Mass (g):	36.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	Lunar
Classifier:	P. Warren, UCLA,
Type spec mass (g):	1
Main mass:	Labenne
Finder:	Labenne
Comments:	Paired with Dho 026†

Institutions
and collections

Labenne: 8, rue Martin Bernard, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Labenne Meteorites

Geography:

Oman

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(18° 14' 55"N, 54° 0' 9"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1235 approved meteorites from Zufar, Oman (plus 2 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2120 approved meteorites from Oman (plus 277 unapproved names)

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