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| Basic information | Name: Kokubunji This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1986 Country: Japan Mass:  11.51 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12058 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE KOKUBUNJI, JAPAN, STONY METEORITE Name: KOKUBUNJI Place of fall: Kokubunji-cho, Ayauta-gun, Kagawa prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. 34°18'N., 133°57'24'E. Date of fall: July 29, 1986, 1900 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 11 Total weight: 10.95 kg Circumstances of fall: A fireball was observed over eastern Shikoko island travelling from SE. to NW After detonations, many stones fell, the largest weighing about 10 kg, in the northern part of Kagawa prefecture. Many of them struck tiled roofs or paved roads. The size of the strewn-field is 7 x 2 km. Source: S. Murayama, National Science Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo 110, Japan. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Shikoku, Japan (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 57 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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