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Asuka 880785 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 880785 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-880785 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 446 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MN J11(1):
A-880785 The section is a breccia and is composed of fragments of orthopyroxene up to ~3.6 mm with minor amounts of chromite and troilite. This meteorite appears to be a monomict diogenite. Pyroxene compositions are En73.7-76.6Wo1.9-2.6. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB87 Table A2 Line 155: |
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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 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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