Sightings1992

Mihonoseki meteorite crashes through a house in Shimane

When: 10 Dec 1992
Where: Mihonoseki, Japan
Sources: 2 public sources

A 6.4 kg stone struck a two-story house in Mihonoseki, Shimane Prefecture, at about 9 p.m. Scientists from Tokyo's National Science Museum and Okayama University classified it as an L6 ordinary chondrite. The meteorite is displayed at the Meteor Plaza in Mihonoseki.

Sources

OfficialThe chondrite Mihonoseki: New observed fall (LPSC XXIV abstract) (opens in a new tab)NASA Technical Reports Server / 1993
OtherShichirui Port (Meteor Plaza) (opens in a new tab)Visit Matsue (Matsue City tourism)

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