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Asuka 880652 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 880652 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-880652 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: 29.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MN J11(1):
A-880652 The section is a breccia composed of fragments of orthopyroxene up to ~2 mm. There is one large chromite grain (~0.5 mm in diameter). Pyroxene compositions are En71.8-75.1 Wo1.8-2.1. This meteorite may be a monomict diogenite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB87 Table A2 Line 49: |
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References: | Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites / Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,11(1),1-49 (2002-10) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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