is the
Japanese research institute for
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
. This agency manages several research bases on
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
.
Research centers
The NIPR has several research centers on
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
topics. Among others there are meteorological, geological, glacier motion, life science,
ice dynamics, etc.
In 1969, the NIPR started collecting
meteorites. Their meteorite collection contains almost 17,000 specimens of meteorites — one of the world's largest meteorite collections. The Antarctic meteorite research in the United States is guided by
ANSMET
ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. This geographical area serves as a collection point for met ...
.
Antarctic stations
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Asuka Station
is a railway station located in Asuka, Takaichi, Nara, Japan, on the Kintetsu Railway Yoshino Line.
Lines
* Kintetsu Railway
** Yoshino Line
Platforms and tracks
Surroundings
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*Takamatsuzuka Tomb
*Ishibutai Kofun
*Oni no Manaita, On ...
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Dome F
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Mizuho Station
is a railway station located in Tayoro-chō (多寄町), Shibetsu City, Kamikawa-shichō, Hokkaidō, and is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.
Lines serviced
* JR Hokkaidō
:*Sōya Main Line
The is a Japanese railway line oper ...
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Showa Station
Planetary science education
The NIPR Antarctic Meteorite Research Center loans a set of 30 thin sections of various meteorite types for use in education. The Institute prepared 20 sets of this collection. They were used in several European countries as well, including
Hungary
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Romania
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. The set includes lunar and Martian meteorites.
Asteroid
Asteroid
7773 Kyokuchiken was named in honor of National Institute of Polar Research (by its shortened Japanese name "Kyokuchiken").
The official naming citation was published by the
Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 ().
See also
* ''
Polar Science''
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Glossary of meteoritics
This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.
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* 2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites.
* 4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid b ...
References
Further reading
* Yanai K., Kojima H., Haramura H. (1995): Catalog of Antarctic Meteorites. NIPR, Tokyo
* William A. Cassidy, ''Meteorites, Ice and Antarctica'', Cambridge University Press (2003),
External links
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Future Symposiums at the National Institute of Polar Research
Japanese Antarctic Program
Meteorite organizations
Scientific organizations based in Japan
Antarctic research
1973 establishments in Japan
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