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Title: Reexamination of Mocs and Tauti chondritic meteorites: Classification with shock degree
Authors: Miura, Y., Iancu, G. O., Iancu, G., Yanai, K., & Haramura, H.

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At the fall of Mocs, Hungary, which occurred February 3, 1882, at 3 145 P.M., an intensely brilliant meteor was seen in a cloudless sky, then a rolling noise and violent detonations were heard. At the spot where the light was first observed, a white, cirrus-like cloud extended in the form of a white stripe from west to east. About a thousand stones fell at this time, the largest of which weighed 70 kilos (154 pounds). 
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The Mocs (L5-6) meteorite fell in Cluj, Romania, on the 3rd February, 1882. 
A total mass of 300 kg was recovered. 

46° 48'N, 24° 2'E 



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