* Astronomy

Name : OKABE
The place of fall or discovery: Okabe-mura, Osato-gun, Saitama prefecture (about 80 km northwest from Tokyo city), Japan; Lat = 36°11' N; Long =139°13' E of Greenwich.
Date of fall or discovery: FALL, November 26, 1958, About 15 hrs.
Class and type: STONE (probably chondrite?)
The number of individual specimens: 1.
Total weight: 194 g.
The circumstances of fall or discovery: The meteorite fall was accompanied with a bright fireball, flying from south to north direction over the south Kanto district, The fireball was observed by many people from Kaha­gawa, Saitama, Tokyo and Nagano prefectures. Some of the eye-witnesses heard a deton­ation. The meteorite fell in a few meters from a farmer Masao Yamazaki, was working with his father in the field. The meteorite have a size 7 x 4 x 4 cm and it is covered with, a black fusion, crust
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