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Date: May 8 03:30 2014

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A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a home in Mihonoseki in December probably was a piece of the same space object as a falling star that landed in Japan more than a thousand years ago, researchers say. The earlier meteorite descended on Nogata City in western Japan in 861. The second hit Shimane Prefecture, 185 miles away and 1,132 years later. Read more __________________

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Date: May 7 22:18 2014

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Name: NOGATA Place of fall: Nogata city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. 33°46'N., 130°42'E. Date of fall: May 19, 861, at night. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL) Olivine Fa27, orthopyroxene Fs22. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 472 g. Circumstances of fall: After detonations and a brilliant flash at night, a stone fell which was recovered the following morning by villagers from a hole in the ground. The stone has been preserved since its fall in the Shinto shrine of Suga Jinja, and the date of fall (April 7 in the third year of Jogan, i.e. May 19, 861 in the Julian calendar) is written on the wooden box containing the stone. However, the script is of a later date than 861, as is the box. Read more __________________

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Date: May 7 22:16 2014

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Noogata (Fall: 9th May. 861) Type: Stone L6 History: Found on the day after fall day, It was put into a paulownia box and stored in a shinto shrine. Read more __________________

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