Category Archives: Meteorites
Katol
May’s meteorite of the month is Katol, an (L6) ordinary chondrite that fell over the town of Katol, in the Nagpur District of India, the afternoon of May 22, 2012. …
Aioun el Atrouss
April’s meteorite of the month is Aioun el Atrouss, a diogenite (achondrite) that fell April 17, 1974, in southeastern Mauritania. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 56): A fireball …
Monahans (1998)
March’s meteorite of the month is Monahans (1998), an (H5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Ward County, Texas, the evening of March 22, 1998. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin …
Juancheng
February’s Meteorite of the Month is Juancheng, an H5 (ordinary) chondrite that fell late the night of February 15, 1997 in Shandong Province, China. More than 1,000 individual stones, totaling …
Lost City
January’s meteorite of the month is Lost City, an (H5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Oklahoma, USA, January 3, 1970, at 8:14 PM. The many witnesses described the associated …
Nuevo Mercurio
December’s Meteorite of the Month is Nuevo Mercurio, an H5 (ordinary) chondrite that fell the evening of December 15, 1978, in Zacatecas, Mexico. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 57): …
Leighlinbridge
November’s meteorite of the month is Leighlinbridge, an (L6) ordinary chondrite that fell the night of November 28, 1999, in County Carlow, Ireland. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 84), …
Manych
October’s Meteorite of the Month is Manych, an LL3.4 (ordinary) chondrite that fell in the Stavropol region of Russia. While the first 1.86 kg stone was found shortly after it …
Carancas
September's meteorite of the month is Carancas, an (H4-5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Peru, the afternoon of September 15, 2007. To date, over 340g of material have been recovered. …
Mayo Belwa
August’s Meteorite of the Month is Mayo Belwa, an aubrite (achondrite) that fell August 3, 1974, in the Adamawa district of Nigeria. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 55): A …
