National Institute of Polar Research
国立極地研究所
AbbreviationNIPR
Formation1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Websitewww.nipr.ac.jp

National Institute of Polar Research, NIPR (Japanese: 国立極地研究所, Hepburn: Kokuritsu-kyokuchi-kenkyūsho) is the research institute responsible for scientific research and observation of the polar regions. NIPR manages several observation stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. It was founded in 1973.

Research topics

The NIPR conducts Arctic observations of the atmosphere, ice sheets, Earth’s magnetic field and the ecosystems of the polar regions.[1]

Research stations

NIPR is an inter-university research institute that has observation stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Stations are located in Svalbard, Greenland, Northern Scandinavia, Queen Maud Land, and Iceland.

Asteroid

Asteroid 7773 Kyokuchiken was named in honor of The National Institute of Polar Research (by its shortened Japanese name "Kyokuchiken").[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111797).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NIPR: About Us".
  2. ^ "7773 Kyokuchiken (1992 FS)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

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), ISBN 0-521-25872-3

External links

35°42′45″N 139°24′32″E / 35.71250°N 139.40889°E / 35.71250; 139.40889


source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Polar_Research