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| Basic information | Name: Shohaku This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1938 Country: North Korea Mass:  101 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as Iron. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 12:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. SHOHAKU. Neien-gun, Heian-nan-do, Korea; φ = 40°19'N; λ = 126° 55' E Found, before 1939. Iron; octahedrite medium. 1 specimen; size: 4.0 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm; weigh: 101 gr. The meteorite is preserved by S. Kanda (Japan). Literature: 1, Astronomical Herald, v.3 1, No. 12, 217, 1938. 2, Tenmon Soho, v. 5, No.10, 81, 1951. 3. Sci. Reports of Yokohama Nat. Univ., Sec. II, No. 1, 104, 1952. Source: A letter written by Dr. S. Konda to E.L. Krinov dated October 27, 1958. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Shohaku in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 12, Moscow (1959)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from P'yongan-namdo, North Korea This is the only approved meteorite from North Korea | ||||||||||||||||
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