The Meteoritical Bulletin,No. 96, September 2009 |
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| Authors: | Michael K Weisberg Caroline Smith Gretchen Benedix Christopher D K Herd Kevin Righter Henning Haack Akira Yamaguchi Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane Jeffrey N Grossman |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physical Science, Kingsborough Community College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, New York 11235, USA;2. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West New York, New York 10024, USA;3. Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK;4. School of Geographical and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQ;5. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada;6. Code KT, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA;7. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, ?ster Voldgade 5–7, DK‐1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark;8. Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190‐8518, Japan;9. Université Hassan II Casablanca, Faculté des sciences, Département de Géologie, BP 5366, Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco;10. US Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20194, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— 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. |
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