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Asuka 8601
Basic information Name: Asuka 8601
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A-8601
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 46.4 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
NIPR Catalogue:  2000 Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 50'S, 24° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (72° 50'S, 24° 30'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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