Nōgata | |
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Type | Chondrite [1] |
Class | Ordinary chondrite [1] |
Group | L6 [1] |
Country | Japan |
Region | Fukuoka Prefecture |
Coordinates | 33°43′N 130°45′E / 33.717°N 130.750°E [1] |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 19 May 861 [1] |
Found date | 19 May 861 |
TKW | 472g [1] |
The Nōgata meteorite is an L6 chondrite meteorite fragment, found in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is believed to be the oldest fragment associated with a sighting of a meteor fall. Witnessed by a young boy on May 19, 861, who led others to the impact site, it was accepted as having come from the sky. [2] It was analyzed and described by Masako Shima of the National Science Museum of Tokyo and accepted by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society in 1979. Shima published a complete analysis of the chemical makeup of the fragment in 1983. [3] It is on display in a Shinto shrine in Nōgata. [4]
Nōgata | |
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Type | Chondrite [1] |
Class | Ordinary chondrite [1] |
Group | L6 [1] |
Country | Japan |
Region | Fukuoka Prefecture |
Coordinates | 33°43′N 130°45′E / 33.717°N 130.750°E [1] |
Observed fall | Yes |
Fall date | 19 May 861 [1] |
Found date | 19 May 861 |
TKW | 472g [1] |
The Nōgata meteorite is an L6 chondrite meteorite fragment, found in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is believed to be the oldest fragment associated with a sighting of a meteor fall. Witnessed by a young boy on May 19, 861, who led others to the impact site, it was accepted as having come from the sky. [2] It was analyzed and described by Masako Shima of the National Science Museum of Tokyo and accepted by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society in 1979. Shima published a complete analysis of the chemical makeup of the fragment in 1983. [3] It is on display in a Shinto shrine in Nōgata. [4]