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Kuga

Basic information

Name: Kuga
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1950 or 1938
Country: Japan
Mass: 5.6 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 8	(1958)	Iron
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIB
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 8:
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KUGA, Japan. Iron.

Literature: 1. F. Leonard. A Classificational Catalog of the meteoritic falls of the World, 1956, p.8 /MA-13-80/.

Writeup from MB 28:
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Dr. K. Niinomy (Hinaga, Japan) in a litter of June 1, 1963, informs of the discover of new specimen of the Kuga iron meteorite, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, weighing nearly 6 kg. The discovery of the first specimen, weighing 11 gr, in 1950 was not included in the Prior-Hey catalogue, 1953, was reported in the Meteoritic Bulletin No. 8, April 1958, in List of Meteorites No. 3.

Bibliography:

Leonard F.C. (1956) A classificational catalog of the meteoritic falls of the world. University of California Press, Berkeley, (link)

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Kuga in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Kuga, volume 2, page 746

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 28, Moscow (1963)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
National Science Museum, Tokyo
Yamaguchi Museum
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
MeteoriteCollector.org - JNSM - Tokyo

Geography:

Japan

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 6'N, 132° 5'E)
Recommended::	(34° 6'N, 132° 5'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Chugoku, Japan
This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names)

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