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THE LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, METEORITE (CN = 1113,260), AND ITS SIMILARITY TO THE MORITO, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, METEORITE *
Author(s) -
Henderson Edward P.,
Perry Stuart H.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1956.tb01384.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , longitude , latitude , geology , similarity (geometry) , astrobiology , geodesy , physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
A new 209‐lb. meteorite, a medium octahedrite, from the vicinity of Loreto, Baja California, Mexico, found about 1896, at longitude 111° 20′ W., latitude 26° 00′ N., is described. The similarity between it and the Morito, Chihuahua, Mexico, meteorite, known since 1600, found at longitude 105° 40′ W., latitude 27° 53′ N., is discussed. Some significance is attached to the fractures in the Loreto iron. Loreto and Morito are proposed as possibly “paired” falls.