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A chondrite fell on a private house in Komaki city, Aichi prefecture at 26, Sep. 2018.
This meteorite hit near the top of the roof of the house and made a damaged hole.
The meteorite broke a few parts of the roof and rebounded to the neighbor's house carport roof.
The meteorite hit and broke the carport acrylic roof. A part of the meteorite rebound back to the first house entrance.
Other parts of meteorites passed through the acrylic roof dented a car roof moreover rebounded to the entrance of this house.
This night was rain or cloud unluckily so that any TV or photographic images couldn't get.
The meteorite was analyzed at the "National Museum of Nature and Science" and other Institution and concluded as L6 group chondrite.
Komaki Meteorite fragment ___photographed in Nagoya City Science Museum
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| Fusion crust surface melt by collision heat with the atmosphere |
Fusion crust thickness is about 1mm |
Concrete color inside include chondrule |
A part of the fusion crust surface shows many small cracks by cooling shrinkage |
Carport's roof penetrated by meteorites
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| The meteorite broke the carport acrylic plate roof and dent a car roof |
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National Institute of Polar Research(in Japanese)
Nagoya city science museum(in Japanese)