Nōgata meteorite
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n-gata-meteorite-249-10036659
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Nōgata meteorite
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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. 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 anal
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Meteorite found in Japan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C5%8Dgata_meteorite
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2024-01-25T23:25:28Z
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