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Asuka 881890
Basic information Name: Asuka 881890
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: A-881890
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 178.5 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Stone
NIPR Catalogue:  2000 Edition  (2000)  Unclassified
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Stone
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Asuka 881890 (A 881890)

Antarctica

Find: 1988

Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB)

Petrography: Om

Geochemistry: Fe 91.2 wt%, Co 0.523 wt%, Ni 8.03 wt%, Ga 21.7 ppm, Ge 46 ppm, Ir 0.468 ppm, Au 1.26 ppm

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:1988
Mass (g):178.5
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, IIIAB
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, et al., NIPR
Type spec mass (g):178.5
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
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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: Vol 28, 1-25 (2021 October)
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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