* Astronomy

Place of fall: Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
35°04'42"N., 136°56'E.
Date of fall: September 27, 1632, about midnight.
Class and type: Stone. Chondrite.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 1.04 kg

Circumstances of fall: After the appearance of a fireball and detonations, a stone fell into a salt-field near the sea shore. The owner of the field, Rokubei Murase, saw the fall and recovered the meteorite soon afterwards. The stone was later presented to a Shinto shrine, Yobitsugi jinja, where it remained as a holy treasure. Permission to examine the stone was given to staff of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, in August 1976, when its meteoritic nature was confirmed. The stone remains in the Yobitsugi shrine.

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