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Asuka 09179
Basic information Name: Asuka 09179
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A 09179
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by NIPR (Japan)] and RBINS (Belgium)
Mass:help 95.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  Iron, IID
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 27  (2020)  Iron, IID
Recommended:  Iron, IID    [explanation]

This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IID.   [show all]
Search for other: IID irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2020
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Writeup from MN J27:
A 09179

Structure Method Fe (wt%) Co (wt%) Ni (wt%) Ga (ppm) Ge (ppm) Ir (ppm) Au (ppm)
Of LA-ICPMS 90 0.65 9.37 80.1 88.6 19.3 0.64
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Date:2009
Mass (g):95.8
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, IID
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, M. Kimura, and N. Imae, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):95.8
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
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NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter: Japanese/Belgian collection of Antarctic meteorites, 27, 1-19 (2020 March)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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