Katol is an (L6) ordinary chondrite that fell over the town of Katol, in the Nagpur District of India, the afternoon of May 22, 2012. The Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 102) describes the fall of the Katol meteorite as a large shower of stones followed by 30 to 50 seconds of sonic booms.  At least 30…

Aioun el Atrouss is a diogenite-pm (achondrite) that fell April 17, 1974, in southeastern Mauritania. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 56): A fireball was observed and a sonic boom was heard.  Meteoritic material was recovered from three separate sites in sandy, desert terrain by tribesmen. Aioun el Atrouss is classified as a diogenite-pm, meaning…

Monahans (1998) is an (H5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Ward County, Texas, the evening of March 22, 1998.   According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 82): Two stones, weighing 1344 g and 1243 g, fell in the city of Monahans, Texas, after two sonic booms and a fireball were observed over a wide area…

Juancheng is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell late the night of February 15, 1997 in Shandong Province, China.  More than 1,000 individual stones, totaling over 100 kg of material, were subsequently recovered, including one piece that fell through a roof and landed in a pot on the stove! Photo: ASU/CMS.

Lost City is an (H5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Oklahoma, USA, January 3, 1970, at 8:14 PM. The many witnesses described the associated fireball lighting up the town, and a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Special Report (#336) compared its brightness to that of the full moon.  The report goes on to say that: Sonic booms…