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Asuka 880784
Basic information Name: Asuka 880784
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A-880784
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 44.2 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Stone
NIPR Catalogue:  2000 Edition  (2000)  Unclassified
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
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Writeup from MN J11(1):

A-880784

The section shows a coarse-grained (<2 mm) granular texture of pyroxene and olivine with black materials along grain boundaries. There is a large, irregular-black area up to ~5 mm. This meteorite is a ureilite.

Data from:
  MB87
  Table A2
  Line 154:
Mass (g):44.22
Class:Ure
Weathering grade:A
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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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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 50'S, 24° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (72°S, 26°E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 105.9 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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