Study of the Extraterrestrial Materials at Antarctica, III : On the Yamato Meteorites

• Main Authors: Masako SHIMA, Akihiko OKADA, Makoto SHIMA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1973
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007720; https://doaj.org/article/772e6cf7017343b599ca18f831959da8

Antarctica is thought to be the most suitable place for searching extraterrestrial materials. Since 1965, we have been studying microtektite and cosmic dust in Antarctica. In 1969, the Japanese Expedition Team collected stony meteorites and brought them back to Japan. Scientific study of these sampl...