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| Basic information | Name: Tomiya This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1984 Country: Japan Mass:  27.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 496 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H 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 TOMIYA, JAPAN, STONY METEORITE Name: TOMIYA Place of fall: Tomiya-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi-ken, Honshu, Japan. 38°22'N., 140°51'56"E. Date of fall: August 22, 1984, 1335 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4-5). Olivine Fa184. Number of individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 27.5 g Circumstances of fall: After a noise, a small stone, 19.2 g, was seen to fall on the veranda of a house. A second stone, 8.3 g, was found on the zinc roof of a nearby storehouse. 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 57 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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