Basic information Name: Tendo
Mass: 10.1 kg
Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 56 (1979) Iron
NHM Catalogue: 5th Edition (2000) IIIAB
MetBase: v. 7.1 (2006) IIIA
Recommended: Iron, IIIAB [explanation]
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Writeup from MB 56:
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DISCOVERY OF THE TENDO, JAPAN, IRON METEORITE
Name: TENDO
Place of find: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
38°21'N., 140°22'24"E.
Date of find: About 1910, recognized 1977.
Class and type: Iron. Medium octahedrite.
Number of individual
specimens: 1
Total weight: 10.1 kg
Circumstances of find: Found by a farmer, Mr. Yohachiro Syoji, while digging up a tree root in Nukutsu, Tsuyama-mura (now incorporated into the city of Tendo). It was purchased soon afterwards by Mr. Fusaji Kikuchi who lived nearby and suspected it to be composed of a precious metal. It remained in the possession of this family and was recognized as a meteorite in May 1977 by S. Murayama.
Source: S. Murayama, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
Catalogue of Meteorites: (38° 21' 0"N, 140° 22' 24"E)
Recommended:: (38° 21' 0"N, 140° 22' 24"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 m apart