Lars Pedersen inquired: > I have in different books and websites read both the name > Chinge and the name Chinga for the Russian meteorite. > What is the official? I have also read about TKW of 80 kg > and well over 350 kg. Does anyone have some official > numbers?
Hello Lars and List, According to the British Catalogue of Meteorites, its official name is Chinga, but there are several synonyms: Chinge, Tannuola, Tannu-Ola, Tchinge, Tschinga, Tschinge, Tuva, Urgailyk-Chinge. R.A. Gallant uses the "Chinge" version in his articles in Joel Schiff's METEORITE magazine: GALLANT R.A. (1997) Chinge - Murder, Greed, Dumplings, & Meteorites (M! February 1997, Pallasite Press 1997, Part I). GALLANT R.A. (1997) Chinge - Murder, Greed, Dumplings, & Meteorites (M! May 1997, Pallasite Press 1997, Part II). The 80 kg you mention are from BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 2, pp.461-464: "About 30 fragments of individual weights from 85 g to 20.5 kg, and totaling about 80 kg, were found scattered along the Chinge stream in 1912." But much more has been found meanwhile - especially by Ivan Koutirev and his associates, and that's why R.A. Gallant says in one of his articles: "...there is equal uncertainty about an estimated total mass of recovered objects, although it must be considerably more than 350 kilograms ..." Best Sunday regards, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
