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Basic information | Name: Nogata This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 861 Country: Japan Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11509 approved meteorites (plus 6 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THE FALL OF THE NOGATA, JAPAN, STONY METEORITE Name: NOGATA Place of fall: Nogata city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. 33°46'N., 130°42'E. Date of fall: May 19, 861, at night. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL) Olivine Fa27, orthopyroxene Fs22. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 472 g. Circumstances of fall: After detonations and a brilliant flash at night, a stone fell which was recovered the following morning by villagers from a hole in the ground. The stone has been preserved since its fall in the Shinto shrine of Suga Jinja, and the date of fall (April 7 in the third year of Jogan, i.e. May 19, 861 in the Julian calendar) is written on the wooden box containing the stone. However, the script is of a later date than 861, as is the box. Source: S. Murayama, letter of 13 June, 1980. See also M. Shima et al., 1980. Petrography, mineralogy and chemical composition on the chondrite Nogata, Nogata-shi, Fukuoda-ken, Japan. Abs. 1980 Meteoritical Society Meeting. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Kyushu, Japan (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 57 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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