Meteorite falls in Japan
Japan has 42 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the sixth-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Kesen (135 kg, 1850). The earliest is Nogata in 860. The most recent is Hiroshima in 2003.
- Median recovered mass
- 775 g
- Different class labels
- 18
- Falls with their own page
- 10
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 42, 15 are dated before 1900 and 12 are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1920s, with six falls. The median distance from a fall in Japan to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 32 km.
What fell in Japan
The most common class is L6 (eight falls), followed by H5 (6). Together the falls recorded in Japan recovered 324 kg.
- L chondrites 12
- H chondrites 20
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
- Carbonaceous chondrites 2
- Stony-iron meteorites 1
- Iron meteorites 3
- Unclassified stones 3
Every fall in Japan
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 860 | Nogata | L6 | 472 g |
| 1632 | Minamino | L | 1 kg |
| 1688 | Sasagase | H | 695 g |
| 1741 | Ogi | H6 | 14 kg |
| 1817 | Hachi-oji | H? | 0.2 g |
| 1837 | Yonozu | H4/5 | 32 kg |
| 1850 | Kesen | H4 | 135 kg |
| 1866 | Sone | H5 | 17 kg |
| 1867 | Otomi | H | 6.5 kg |
| 1880 | Takenouchi | H5 | 720 g |
| 1882 | Fukutomi | L5 | 12 kg |
| 1886 | Kyushu | L6 | 45 kg |
| 1897 | Higashi-koen | H5 | 750 g |
| 1897 | Nio | H3-4 | 467 g |
| 1898 | Zaisho | Pallasite, PMG-an | 330 g |
| 1904 | Okano | Iron, IIAB | 4.7 kg |
| 1906 | Kijima (1906) | Unclassified stone | 331 g |
| 1909 | Gifu | L6 | 14 kg |
| 1910 | Hashima | H4 | 1.1 kg |
| 1913 | Kamiomi | H5 | 448 g |
| 1913 | Sakauchi | Iron | 4.2 kg |
| 1916 | Tomita | L | 600 g |
| 1918 | Tané | L5 | 905 g |
| 1920 | Kushiike | Ordinary chondrite | 4.5 kg |
| 1922 | Nagai | L6 | 1.8 kg |
| 1925 | Numakai | H4 | 363 g |
| 1926 | Komagome | Iron | 238 g |
| 1926 | Urasaki | Unclassified stone | 1.5 kg |
| 1928 | Yoshiki | Unclassified stone | 0.1 g |
| 1938 | Kasamatsu | H | 710 g |
| 1958 | Okabe | H5 | 194 g |
| 1984 | Aomori | L6 | 320 g |
| 1984 | Tomiya | H4/5 | 28 g |
| 1986 | Kokubunji | L6 | 12 kg |
| 1986 | Sayama | CM2 | 430 g |
| 1991 | Tahara | H4/5 | 1 kg |
| 1992 | Mihonoseki | L6 | 6.4 kg |
| 1993 | Senboku | H6 | 866 g |
| 1995 | Neagari | L6 | 420 g |
| 1996 | Tsukuba | H5-6 | 800 g |
| 1999 | Kobe | CK4 | 136 g |
| 2003 | Hiroshima | H5 | 414 g |