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| Basic information | Name: Neagari This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1995 Country: Japan Mass:  420 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Neagari Nomi-gun, Ishikawa-ken, Japan Fell 1995 February 18, -23:55 Japan Standard Time Ordinary chondrite (L6) A fireball was reported by six witnesses in the Ishikawa and Toyoma area at 23:55 local time. The next morning, in the city of Neagari, Mr. K. Sasatani found a hole in the trunk of his car, and meteorite fragments were on and inside the trunk. The total recovered mass is 420 g, apparently fragments from one stone. A neighbor said that he had heard a large noise during the night. Classification, analysis and type specimen: olivine Fa25.3; pyroxene Fs20.6; Akihiko Okada, Masako Shima, and Sadao Murayama, National Science Museum, 3-23-1, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, Japan. The main mass is with the finder, Mr. K. Sasatani. Information: Masako Shima. See also Ishiwatari et al. (1995). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Chubu, Japan (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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