Nogata
Seen to fall in 860 in Japan · 472 g recovered · L6
Nogata is the oldest dated fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the sixth-heaviest of the eight L6 falls recorded in Japan.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 33.725° N, 130.750° E
The map is centred on Nogata. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Nogata is Higashi-koen, 32 km to the south-west. Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Nogata ranks 205th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Kyushu in Japan, 188 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one after is Lucé (1768, France).
Nogata in Japan’s record
In date order Nogata is number 1 of the 42 falls recorded in Japan, which run from 860 to 2003. By recovered mass Nogata comes 27th of 42 there. The next fall recorded in Japan is Minamino, in 1632.
Before 1800
Nogata is one of 35 falls dated before 1800. No fall outside Japan is dated 860 in the record.