米田さんによると、その可能性は高いものの、Ｈ５普通コンドライトは地球でもっとも多く見つかる隕石で、八王子隕石が偶然曽根隕石と同じ種類だった可能性もあるということです


> 米田さんによると、その可能性は **高いものの** 、Ｈ５普通コンドライトは地球で **もっとも多く**
> 見つかる隕石で、八王子隕石が偶然曽根隕石と同じ種類だった可能性もあるということです。
> ([source](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/web_tokushu/2018_0202.html?utm_int=news_contents_news-
> closeup_002))

My attempt at translation:

> According to Mr. Yoneda (?), Concerning the possibilities, out of the
> meteorites which are discovered more abundantly on earth (??? H5 ordinary
> chondrite of expensive things???), there is also the possibility that
> hachioji meteorite is similar to the Sone meteorite type.

I am profoundly puzzled by the parts in bold. Furthermore, I'm having a really
hard time parsing the その可能性は **高いものの** 、Ｈ５普通コンドライトは地球で **もっとも多く** 見つかる隕石で
part. First, there are two は and while I know both the topic marker and
contrastive function, I'm lacking the creativity and skill to meaningfully
resolve their functions in this sentence. I chose the のなかで interpretation for
で in 見つかる隕石で because I find a way to translate it otherwise. I also have no
idea what 高いものの、Ｈ５普通コンドライト is supposed to tell me, so tried to make the best
out of it.




ものの is a disjunctive. It means “but” or “however.” For whatever reason,
Japanese is very rich in disjunctives!

So you’re looking at two separate clauses, and that’s why you find two はs.

もっとも (sometimes written in kanji as 最も) is a more formal way of saying 一番. So
もっとも多く見つかる means “most commonly found.”

The で following this clause is simply the copula in て form.

Does this get you all the way to the translation?




ものの is a disjunctive. It means “but” or “however.” For whatever reason,
Japanese is very rich in disjunctives!

So you’re looking at two separate clauses, and that’s why you find two はs.

もっとも (sometimes written in kanji as 最も) is a more formal way of saying 一番. So
もっとも多く見つかる means “most commonly found.”

The で following this clause is simply the copula in て form.

Does this get you all the way to the translation?

