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| Basic information | Name: Aomori This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1984 Country: Japan Mass:  320 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 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE AOMORI, JAPAN, STONY METEORITE Name: AOMORI Place of fall: Aomori city, Aomori-ken, Honshu, Japan. 40°48'38'N, 140°47'8"E. Date of fall: June 30, 1984, 1350 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24 4. Number of individual specimens: 1, collected as 12 fragments. Total weight: 320 g Circumstances of fall: No fireball was seen, nor any detonations heard, prior to the fall of the stone which fragmented on penetrating the zinc roof of a printing shop. Source: Dr. S. Murayama, National Science Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo 110, Japan. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Tohoku, Japan (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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