Category Archives: Meteorites
Sericho
September's Meteorite of the Month is Sericho, a pallasite found in Kenya in 2016. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 106, in prep): In 2016, two brothers were searching for …
Noblesville
August's Meteorite of the Month is Noblesville, an ordinary (H4-6) chondrite that fell in Indiana, the evening of August 1st, 1991. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 72): "The stone …
Moss
July’s Meteorite of the Month is Moss, a CO3.6 carbonaceous chondrite that fell the morning of July 14, 2006, in Østfold, Norway. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 91): At …
Dishchii’bikoh
June's Meteorite of the Month is Dishchii’bikoh, an (LL7) ordinary chondrite that fell the morning of June 2, 2016, near the eastern Arizona community of Cibecue. Photo: ASU/CMS. From the …
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): …
