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Meteoritical Bulletin entry:
Name: NOGATA
Place of fall: Nogata city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.
33°46'N., 130°42'E.
Date of fall: May 19, 861, at night.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL) Olivine Fa27, orthopyroxene Fs22.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 472 g.
Circumstances of fall: After detonations and a brilliant flash at night, a stone fell which was recovered the following morning by villagers from a hole in the ground. The stone has been preserved since its fall in the Shinto shrine of Suga Jinja, and the date of fall (April 7 in the third year of Jogan, i.e. May 19, 861 in the Julian calendar) is written on the wooden box containing the stone. However, the script is of a later date than 861, as is the box.