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Asuka 87068
Basic information Name: Asuka 87068
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A-87068
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 3.6 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Stone
NIPR Catalogue:  2000 Edition  (2000)  Unclassified
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Stone
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6340 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1987
Mass (g):3.598
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):18.8 (17.9-21.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5 (13.2-17.9)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, NIPR. et al.
Type spec mass (g):3.598
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
   and collections		 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: Vol 28, 1-25 (2021 October)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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