Meteorites

Ucera

Ucera is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell the evening of January 16, 1970, near Coro, Venezuela. Originally reported as a potential iron meteorite, under the name Coro, the Ucera meteorite classification was corrected and updated in 1971 (MB 50): "A crusted stone was recovered by a farmer in Ucera, the specimen having fallen near…

Canon City

Canon City is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell in Fremont County, Colorado. A meteor observed the evening of October 27, 1973, was likely associated with the meteorite, which was found after puncturing the roof of a garage sometime that same night.  While the house’s residents were away for the evening, the meteorite’s arrival surely…

Arbol Solo

Arbol Solo is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell in the Socoscora District of San Luis Province, Argentina, in September of 1954. Witnesses reported seeing a bright light and hearing what sounded like a hailstorm one night, as several stones fell in the small village of Arbol Solo. The next morning, the many meteorite pieces…

Arroyo Aguiar

Arroyo Aguiar is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell the summer of 1950, in Argentina.  The fall was witnessed by a local rancher, near the railway station Arroyo Aguiar, in La Capital Department of Santa Fe Province. The single stone recovered weighed 7.45 kg (over 16 lbs), and had embedded itself 50 cm (almost 20…

Nejo

Nejo is a 2.45-kg ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell near the village of Jarso, in the Wollega Province of Ethiopia May 11, 1970. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 50): High-pitched noise indicated that three objects passed over Jarso heading north-northwest. One fell hitting the ground at the same time an explosion was heard. The…

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