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A fireball flight was witnessed in the twilight sky from the southeast accompany with many fragmented pieces.
It impacted Kokubunji city, Kagawa prefecture, so it was called the "Kokubunji meteorite".
However, the maximum fragment recovered in Sakaide city after it had nomenclature.
The fresh broken inside, look like with fresh concrete, is bluish-gray as general ordinary chondrite color.
Most fragments keep fresh condition however photographed after years from fell.
Generally, ferrite rust appears on ordinary chondrite on the broken inside surface after years.
The fusion crust is the remnant of melted material interacting with the atmosphere at high altitudes.
A lot of ruggedness of the surface suggests fragmentation occurs at low altitudes.
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| Kokubu No.1_A | Kokubu No.1_B | Kokubu No.1_C | Kokubu No.1_D | Nii No.5_A | |
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| Nii No.2_A | Nii No.1_J | Nii No.1_K | Nii No.4_A | Nii No.4_B | Nii No.5_B |
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| Fuke No.1_A | Fuke No.1_B | Fuke No.1_C | Fuke No.1_C | Fuke No.1_G | Fuke No.1_F |
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| Fuke No.1_E | Fuke No.2_A | Shinmyo No.3_A | Shinmyo No.3_B | Shinmyo No.4_A | |
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| Shinmyo No.1_A | Shinmyo No.1_B | Shinmyo No.1_C | Shinmyo No.1_D | Shinmyo No.1_E | Shinmyo No.2_A |
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