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At 3, Feb. 2003 Monday, A employee noticed a hole on ceiling at his works drug company's warehouse.
At next day, a stone was found on the floor.
This news was reported to the Hiroshima children's museum.
Dr.S.Yoneda judged this stone as a meteorite after receiving a request from the Museum.
No abnormality was recognized on the ceiling till 1, Feb. Saturday evening.
So the meteorite fell in the period from 1 Feb. to 3 Feb.
The meteorite pathed through the steel board roof and plasterboard ceiling.
After this, the meteorite hit and destroyed the steel pipe of the drug shelf.
Photographed at Hiroshima City Office at 19 Fab, 2003
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| Not smooth surface |
This side hit roof. |
Small crack. 1cm from this side |
Few brownish color |
This meteorite has a constant 0.5 mm thickness fusion crust
covered surface that of some small parts is a brownish color.
The meteorite's three small parts broke by strike shock to the roof.
A small crack can be recognized near the sharpened part.
Surfaces rubbed wound was made at the path through the steel roof.
White particles were adhesion through the plasterboard.
At strike to the roof, meteorite posture was thought sharpened part pointed upside.
Two edge parts of the maximum cross-section area are broken through the steel roof.
The reason for other edges breaking is uncertain.
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| fusion crust. with crack and small holes |
Broken inside in chondrule |
Dimple on surface |
Photographed in the stockroom
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| Upside is roof's hole. Downside is ceiling's hole. |
Dent on steel pipe. Pipe diameter is about 3cm. |
The distance between the steel roof and plasterboard ceiling is about 1.5m.
Each hole was not in a vertical position but about 15cm to the southeast on the plasterboard ceiling hole.
The dented pipe is about 1.5m under and about 5cm southeast of the ceiling hole.
The floor level is about 2 m under the dented pipe.
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