Recent Meteorites and Meteoritic Fireballs in Nippon (after 1985)


Towada Meteorite
Fell on Towada city, Aomori prefecture at 1985 spring. Recover at 1997, Identified: 2001. Ordinary chondrite(H6). Single body mass is 53.5g.
No one observed the fireball.

Sayama Meteorite
Fell on Sayama city, Saitama prefecture at Apr.29,1986. Identified : 2000. Carbonaceous chondrite(CM2). Single body have 430g.
No one observed the fireball.

Kokubunji Meteorite
Fell at Jul.29,1986, after 19h(LT) on Kokubunji city and Sakaide city, Kagawa prefecture, Nippon.
Ordinary Chondrite (L6). Total mass of 13 fragments are 11,150g. Many witness of fireball and meteoritic cloud.
Fireball was flight from south east.

Yokkaichi Fireball
Fell at Mar.10, 1989,20h57m40s(LT). The fireball flight from west of Shizuoka prefecture to Yokkaichi city Mie prefecture.
Photographed from 2 sites and witnessed by about ten persons. It was predicted that are small meteorite fell on Yokkaichi city or the sea.

Tahara Meteorite
Fell on car carrier ship which moors Tahara port, Aichi prefecture at Mar.26, 1991.
Ordinary chondrite (H5). Most of the 10kg or more mass were abandoned. No one observed the fireball.

Mihonoseki Meteorite
Fell on a house in Mihonoseki town Shimane prefecture at Dec.10, 1992, 21h(LT). Ordinary chondrite (L6). Single body mass is 6.38kg.
Many witnesses were concerned around Hiroshima prefecture. Flight from SSW.

Neagari Meteorite
Fell on a car's trunk in Neagari town, Ishikawa prefecture at Feb.18, 1995, 24h(LT). Ordinary chondrite (L6). Single body mass is 420g or more.
Flight from NNW was witnessed by six witnesses.

Tsukuba Meteorite
Fell on Tsukuba city, Ushiku city and Tsuchiura city Ibaragi prefecture at Jan. 7, 1996, 16h20m(LT). Ordinary chondrite (H5-6). Total mass of 23 pieces are 800g or more.
Many witnesses and two photographs are reported and also meteoritic cloud was witnessed and photographed so many. Flight from SW.

Kobe Meteorite
Fell on Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture at Sep.26, 1999,20h20m(LT). Carbonaceous chondrite(CK4). Single body have 135g or more.
Many witnesses, one photograph and 7 sites seismograph's record reported. Flight from WNW.

Tadami Fireball
A fireball observed at Dec.27, 2000, 18h41m(LT), and meteorite fell estimated on Kaneyama town, Fukushima prefecture.
Photographed from 3 sites and about 10 witnesses reported.

Hiroshima Meteorite
Fell in Hiroshima city at Feb.1-3, 2003. Ordinary chondrite(H5). The single body has 414g.
Fireball witnessed at Feb.1, 13h(UT) from three sites may be related to this meteorite fall.

Ishizuchi Fireball
A bright fireball appeared with the sonic boom at Jul.22, 2004, 01h06m05s(LT) over Kochi prefecture.
From two TV observations and seismograph data, a meteorite fell predicted around the Ishizuchi mountain.

Higashimatsuyama Fireball
A bright fireball as a full moon brightness appeared at Mar. 20, 2005, 01h27m50s(LT) from Tochigi prefecture to Saitama prefecture.
Some TV cameras observed the fireball with fragmentation and a small meteorite predicted to fall onto Higashimatsuyama city, Saitama prefecture.

Yamatsuri Fireball
A fireball flight from Nagano prefecture to Yamanashi prefecture at Mar.2, 2008, 04h05m(LT).
A small meteorite would fall onto Makioka town, Yamanashi prefecture from four TV camera observations.

Makioka Fireball
A fireball flight from Nagano prefecture to Yamanashi prefecture at Mar.2, 2008, 04h05m(LT).
From four TV cameras observation, small meteorite must fall Makioka town, Yamanashi prefecture.

Suzuka Fireball
A fireball flighted over Nara prefecture to east of Shiga prefecture at Mar.30, 2010, 23h41m(LT).
A small meteorite must fall into Suzuka-pass, Shiga prefecture from five TV cameras observation.

Lake Biwa Fireball
Ise bay direction people were surprised by a big shock wave sound at 7, Aug. 2010, 08h(UT).
As three meteoritic cloud photographs were analyzed, a fireball was a path through 30 km height over Ohmi-hachiman city, Shiga prefecture.

Fussa Fireball
At 25, Feb.2011,15h20m(UT), a slow moving fireball appeared west of Kanagawa prefecture.
It is predicted that a small meteorite fell on Fussa city by four TV images.

Tosa-Yamada Fireball
A slow-moving fireball flighted over the central Shikoku.
A small meteorite would fall onto Tosa-Yamada town, Kami city Kochi prefecture by two TV images.

Mt Haruna Fireball
A fireball flighted from Niigata prefecture to Gumma prefecture at 1, Aug. 2012, 18h51m56s(UT).
Some ten grams of meteorite would be fell on Ikaho town, Shibukawa city Gumma prefecture.

Ichikai Fireball
An explosion fireball flight over Tochigi prefecture at 13, Feb. 2013, 16h04m35s(UT) and accompanied by 30 gram or less meteorite fell on Ichikai town, Tochigi prefecture.

Tenryu Fireball
30 grams or less meteorite fell onto Tenryu Village, Nagano prefecture from TV observation analysis at 11, Oct. 2013, 12h47m39s(UT).

Aizu Misato Fireball
20 grams or less meteorite fell onto Aizu-Misato town, Fukushima prefecture at 30, Oct. 2013, 11h22m38s(UT) from TV observation analysis.

South-Kai Fireball
About 200 grams single meteorite fell on Nambu town, Yamanashi prefecture or Fujinomiya city Nagano prefecture at 13, Dec. 2013, 9h36m47s(UT) from TV observation analysis.

Kurashiki Fireball
About 20 grams of small meteorite fell south of Kurashiki city, Okayama prefecture at 7, Mar. 2014, 16h14m27s(UT).

Kaga fireball
About 10 grams or less of small meteorite fell south of Kaga city, Ishikawa prefecture of the mountain range at 18, Mar. 2014, 11h06m12s(UT).

Azumino Fireball
100 grams or less of meteorite fell was predicted around the border of Nagano prefecture - Gifu prefecture at 5, Sep. 2014, 10h12m40s(UT).

Izu-ohshima Island Fireball
350 grams or less of the meteorite fell at 24, Dec. 2014 16h59m(UT) onto the Sagami-nada sea or might fell small meteorite fragments onto Izu Oshima island.

Iwaki Fireball
About 10 grams of small meteorite fell at 28 May 2016 15h04m33s(UT) onto Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture.

Nagara Meteorite
A new iron meteorite was identified at Oct.2018. It had found at about 2012. The second meteorite identified continuously soon which was found at about 2008.

Komaki Meteorite
A new chondrite fell on a private house in Komaki city, Aichi prefecture at 26, Sep. 2018 13h30m(UT).

Tadami-west Fireball
One kilogram or less of meteorite fell on the border of Tadami town, Fukushima prefecture and Sanjo city, Niigata prefecture at 20, Nov. 2018 09h20m42s(UT).

Mt.Tsurugi Fireball
About 10 grams of small meteorite fell on the mountain range of Tokushima prefecture at 2, Jan. 2019 19h49m32s(UT).

Gifu Yamagata Fireball
The range of 50-100 grams two meteorites fell on Yamagata city, Gifu prefecture at 2, Aug. 2019 15h06m09s(UT).

Tateshina Fireball
The range of 50-90 grams meteorite fell on Chino city, Nagano prefecture at 12, Nov. 2019 13h00m23s(UT)

2019 Makioka Fireball
The range of 5-20 grams of small meteorite fell on Makioka town, Yamanashi city, at 13 Nov. 2019 15h05m55s(UT).

Sannomiya Fireball
About 3-15 gram mass range small meteorite fell on central Kobe city at 15 Dec. 2019 09h09m04s(UT).

Kimi pass Fireball
About 5-25 gram mass range small meteorite fell Kimi pass, Hashimoto city, Wakayama prefecture at 23 Dec. 2019 12h46m22s(UT).

Toyohashi south coast Fireball
About 50-100 grams mass of small meteorite fell south of Toyohashi city, Aichi prefecture at 4 Jan. 2020 12h42m35s(UT).

Noto west region Fireball
About 30-100 grams mass small meteorite fell on the border of Hakui city, Himi city and Nakanoto town, Ishikawa prefecture at 6 Feb. 2020 12h59m50s(UT).

Boso Fireball
About 25-70 grams mass small meteorite fell on Tomisato city, Chiba prefecture at 22 Mar. 2020 23h37m24s(UT).

Narashino Meteorite
The three meteorites fell on Narashino City, Chiba prefecture. The total mass is about 500 grams at 1 Jul. 2020 17h32m03s(UT).

Ako Fireball
About 20 grams mass meteorite fell on Une direction, Ako city, Hyogo prefecture at 14 Jan. 2021 09h13m30s(UT).

Mino Fireball
About 10-50 grams mass meteorite fell on Mino city or Ikeda city, Osaka prefecture at 25 Feb. 2021 09h56m06s(UT).

Kisarazu Fireball
About 10-35 grams mass meteorite fell on mountain region of Kisarazu city, Chiba prefecture at 04 Oct. 2021 11h19m51s(UT).

Kumano Fireball
About 0.6-5 kilo grams mass meteorite fell on Atashika town,, Kumano city, Mie prefecture at 10 Dec. 2021 10h07m48s(UT).

Nanao Fireball
Less than 500 grams mass meteorite fell on north of Nanao city, Ishikawa prefecture at 20 Jan. 2022 14h24m52s(UT).

Katsushika Fireball
About 50 grams of meteorite accompanied by some smaller pieces fell on Katsushika ward, Tokyo Prefecture, as a result of a fireball from Suruga bay to central Tokyo sky at 28 Jun. 2022 17h48m50s(UT).

Ama Fireball
A fireball from the north of Mie prefecture to the Aichi prefecture sky at 1, Aug 2022 14h15m51s(UT) occurred with about 1-2 grams small meteorite fell on Ama city, Aichi prefecture.

Tantou Fireball
A fireball from the Nippon sea to the southeast Tamba district at 29, Oct 2022 16h06m11s(UT) occurred with about 160 grams of meteorite fell on Hirata, Tantou town, Toyooka-city, Hyogo prefecture.

Gujo-Seki Fireball
About a 200-gram meteorite was predicted to fall on the forest between area Seki city and Gujo city with a fireball at 22, Mar 2023 10h10m05s(UT).

Itoigawa Fireball
A fireball from the south of Niigata prefecture to the west part of Niigata prefecture at 24 May 2023 13h27m56s(UT) will fall about 200 grams of the meteorite into the forest of Itoigawa city.

Kiso village fireball
A slow moving fireball flighted to north-north-west over Nagano prefecture, at 11h46m30s (UT) 6, Oct 2023.
A small meteorite about 20 g may fell on Kiso village Nagano prefecture.


Appendix

LanZhou Fireball
At 11 Dec. 2004, 15h36m UT (11d23h36m LT), a brilliant fireball appeared over LanZhou, China sky.
Meteorites shower was expected but no meteorites had been found.


Link

IMCA Encyclopedia of Meteorites

Meteor / Meteorite Films

National Institute of Polar Research, Antarctic Meteorite Research Center


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