First meteorite (17.92 g) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018) found in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 11 July 2018 The meteorite in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) On 23 June, after five days of searching and on the last day of the planned…
The soluble organic compounds of the Mukundpura meteorite: A new CM chondrite fall
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Planetary and Space Science Available online 2 July 2018 LINK “Highlights • The first analyses of water-soluble organic content of the MK meteorite are presented and MK composition appears to…
OZERKI (L6, S4/5, W0) meteorites (>91 specimens, >6.5 kg) found – Fall on 21 June 2018, ~ 4:16:20 a.m. MSK (1.16:20 UTC) near OZERKI (Oзeрки) and Zlobino (Злобино), Stanovlyansky District, Lipetsk, Russia
Last update: 20 July 2018 In the afternoon of 25 June 2018 a search group of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) found the first meteorite (59.85 g, L6) of the 21 June bolide, on a…
Simulating the Propagation of Infrasonic Waves and Estimating the Energy of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid Explosion Observed on February 15, 2013
S. N. Kulichkov, O. Ye. Popov, K. V. Avilov, I. P. Chunchuzov, O. G. Chkhetiani, A. A. Smirnov, V. I. Dubrovin, A. A. Mishenin Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics May 2018, Volume 54, Issue 3,…
Xenolithic Fragment in the CM Chondrite Mukundpura: Greetings from the Tucson Parent Body?
Ebert S. *, Patzek M., Bischoff A. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6246] abstract “Achondritic fragment with distinct exsolution lamellae in the CM chondrite Mukundpura. Investigation is based on major and trace…
The Mukundpura (CM2) Chondrite: A New Carbonaceous Meteorite Fall in India
Ray D., Shukla A. D. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6036] abstract “Mukundpura (CM2) is the new carbonaceous chondrite fall in India. Alteration escaped a few pristine forsteritic olivine chondrule (often with…
Meteorites (L5) found in and around the villages Manlun (曼伦) and MANGUI (曼桂), Menghai County (勐海县), Autonomous Dai Prefecture Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) in Yunnan (云南), China. Meteorite fall at ~21:43 (CST, UTC+08:00) on 1 June 2018
Last update: 9 July 2018 A meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (L5 / 84 g), was found by a local villager in the early morning of 2 June 2018. The meteorite hit a roof tile of…
Mazichuan (Diogenite) registered as confirmed fall (16 September 2016)
MetBull entry (1 April 2018) “History: On 16 September 2016, at about 15:00 local time, many residents from several villages heard an airplane-like noise followed by three loud sonic booms. A woman in Mazichuan witnessed…
The Dingle Dell meteorite: a Halloween treat from the Main BeltOPEN ACCESS
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Morgan A. Cox, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Gretchen K. Benedix, Jonathan P. Paxman Meteorit Planet…
Characteristics of a Well Recorded, Bright, Meteorite-Dropping Fireball, British Columbia, Canada, September 4, 2017
A. R. Hildebrand, L. T. J. Hanton, F. Ciceri, R. Nowell, E. Lyytinen, E. A. Silber, P. G. Brown, N. Gi, P. M. M. Jenniskens, J. Albers, D. Hladiuk 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference…
Reporting Mineralogy And Chemistry of Kamargaon Meteorite, Assam, NE IndiaOPEN ACCESS
D. Majumdar, P.V. SunderRaju, T.K. Goswami, Md. Arif, D. S. Sarma IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics (IOSR-JAGG) e-ISSN: 2321–0990, p-ISSN: 2321–0982.Volume 5, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep. – Oct. 2017), PP 52-57 PDF…
The Chelyabinsk meteorite: New insights from a comprehensive electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy study with evidence for graphite in olivine of ordinary chondrites
Kaeter, D., Ziemann, M. A., Böttger, U., Weber, I., Hecht, L., Voropaev, S. A., Korochantsev, A. V. and Kocherov, A. V. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13027 LINK “We present results of petrographic, mineralogical, and…
The Mukundpura meteorite, a new fall of CM chondrite
Dwijesh Ray, Anil D. Shukla Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 November 2017 LINK “Highlights • Mukundpura is a new CM chondrite fall. • Petrological classification suggests Mukundpura is CM2…
Serra Pelada (Eucrite) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Meteoritical Bulletin Entry updated MetBull entry (12 Sept 2017): “Serra Pelada 5°57.135’S, 49°39.238’W Para, Brazil Confirmed fall: 2017 June 29 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: (A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W….
Petrography, classification, oxygen isotopes, noble gases, and cosmogenic records of Kamargaon (L6) meteorite: The latest fall in India.OPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Mahajan, R. R., Shukla, A. D., Goswami, T. K. and Chakraborty, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12875 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A single piece of meteorite fell on Kamargaon village in the…
Apparent meteorite fall in the Al-Abbasiya region (منطقة العباسية), south of Kosti (كوستي), White Nile (النيل الأبيض), Sudan on 21 June 2017
The bolide’s detonation booms and flares were seen and heard by many witnesses in Kosti, Rabak, Jabalin and Kenana in the early morning (about 00:05 a.m. EAT (UTC+3) ?) of 21 June 2017. The first…
Meteorite fall in Broek in Waterland, Waterland, Netherlands, at 5.09.39 p.m. (4.09.39 p.m. UTC) on 11 January 2017
Last update: 3 August 2017 According to Naturalis Biodiversity Center’s press release from 26 June 2017 the meteorite (530 g, L6,S3,W0 ~ 9.1 x 8.7 x 5.6 (max.) cm) hit a barn in the residential…
MUKUNDPURA (CM2) meteorite fall (>2.23 kg) on 6 June 2017 at ~5:15 a.m. IST (UTC+05:30) in Mukundpurā (मुकुन्दपुरा), Jaipur (जयपुर), Rajastan, India (updated: 27 March)
Last update: 27 March 2018 On 6 June 2017 at about 5:10-20 a.m. IST (UTC+05:30) a carbonaceous meteorite, apparently weighing ~ 3.13 kg in total, fell on the farmland of Banśī Bāgaṛā (बंशी बागड़ा) in…
Dingle Dell Density and Other Physical Properties
Macke R. J. Benedix G. K. Bland P. A. Desert Fireball Network Team 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6197] abstract “We measure density, porosity, and magnetic susceptibility of the Dingle Dell meteorite…
Atmospheric Trajectory and Orbit of the Osceola Meteorite (January 24, 2016)
Gritsevich M., * Lyytinen E., Hankey M., Meier M. M. M., Matson R., Fries M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6188] abstract “We present a summary on the trajectory reconstruction, dark flight…
Mineralogy, Petrology and Chronology of the Dingle Dell Meteorite
Benedix G. K. * Forman L. V. Daly L. Godel B. Esteban L. Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Yin Q.-Z. Sanborn M. Ziegler K. Friedrich J. M. Strasser J. W. Welten K….
Petrology and Bulk Composition of the Oudiyat Sbaa Fluororichterite-Bearing EH5 Chondrite: A Witnessed Fall from Eastern Morocco
Irving A. J., Kuehner S. M., Gao Y., Chen Y., Lapen T. J., Pitt D. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6383] abstract “We characterize a recent Moroccan enstatite chondrite fall and report…
Mean Atomic Weight of Braunschweig Meteorite
Szurgot M., Wach R. A., Bartoschewitz R. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6002] abstract “Mean atomic weight Amean, and atomic number of Braunschweig meteorite were determined and analyzed. Classification of Braunschweig, as…
Almahata Sitta Meteorite — Compilation of Magnetic Susceptibility Database
Hoffmann V. H. Funaki M. Wimmer K. Hochleitner R. Kaliwoda M. Mikouchi T. Zolensky M. E. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6290] abstract “An overview of the magnetic susceptibility (MS) of all…
The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn field.
Bischoff, A., Barrat, J.-A., Bauer, K., Burkhardt, C., Busemann, H., Ebert, S., Gonsior, M., Hakenmüller, J., Haloda, J., Harries, D., Heinlein, D., Hiesinger, H., Hochleitner, R., Hoffmann, V., Kaliwoda, M., Laubenstein, M., Maden, C., Meier,…
Numerical model of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid as a strengthless object
V. Shuvalov, V. Svetsov, O. Popova, D. Glazachev Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “Highlights • The entry of Chelyabinsk meteoroid is considered in the frame of…
Três Irmãos – meteorite fall in Água Branca, Palmas de Monte Alto, Bahia, Brazil at ~11:20 a.m. (14:20 UTC) on 26 May 2017
Last update: 16 August 2017 The Três Irmãos meteorite (9 cm (length), 5 cm (height), 6 cm (width), an ordinary chondrite (L6, S3, W0) weighing about 950 grams was found by Sirlene da Silva Paes…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee (Cibecue Star Stone) officially registered as witnessed fall (LL7, S3, W0)
Dishchii’bikoh has been officially registered as witnessed fall Dishchii’bikoh is Apache for Cibecue. The meteorite’s full name is Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ (Cibecue Star Stone). Interview with Laurence Garvie (kjzz, 31 May 2017) AUDIO (MP3)…
How to build a continental scale fireball camera network
Robert M. Howie, Jonathan Paxman, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupak, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix Experimental Astronomy (2017) doi:10.1007/s10686-017-9532-7 First Online: 11 May 2017 LINK “The expansion of the Australian…
Meteorite transport—Revisited
Wisdom, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12876 LINK “Meteorites are delivered from the asteroid belt by way of chaotic zones (Wisdom 1985a). The dominant sources are believed to be the chaotic zones associated with…
Meteorite falls in Bulgaria: Reappraisal of mineralogy, chemistry, and classification.
Dekov, V., Rochette, P. and Gattacceca, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12879 LINK “We present a summary of the mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and magnetic characteristics of all the five Bulgarian meteorite falls. We report…
AIQUILE (H5, S3,W0) registered as confirmed fall in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK More information on this fall can be found HERE “Aiquile 18°17’4″S, 65°8’39″W Cochabamba, Bolivia Confirmed fall: 2016 Nov 20 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A bright fireball appeared over Aiquile, Cochabamba district of Bolivia,…
Park Forest (L5) and the asteroidal source of shocked L chondrites.
Meier, M. M. M., Welten, K. C., Riebe, M. E. I., Caffee, M. W., Gritsevich, M., Maden, C. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12874 LINK “The Park Forest (L5) meteorite fell in…
The Varre-Sai chondrite, a Brazilian fall: petrology and geochemistry
Caio Vinícius Gabrig Turbay Rangel, Marcos Tadeu D’Azeredo Orlando, Cláudio De Morisson Valeriano & Alexandre de Oliveira Chaves International Geology Review Volume 59, 2017 – Issue 15 Published online: 10 Apr 2017 LINK “The Varre-Sai…
Primordial and cosmogenic noble gases in the Sutter’s Mill CM chondrite.
Okazaki, R. and Nagao, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12819 LINK “The Sutter’s Mill (SM) CM chondrite fell in California in 2012. The CM chondrite group is one of the most primitive, consisting of…
Annama H chondrite—Mineralogy, physical properties, cosmic ray exposure, and parent body history.OPEN ACCESS
Kohout, T., Haloda, J., Halodová, P., Meier, M. M. M., Maden, C., Busemann, H., Laubenstein, M., Caffee, Marc. W., Welten, K. C., Hopp, J., Trieloff, M., Mahajan, R. R., Naik, S., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Moyano-Cambero,…
Modeling the influence of the Chelyabinsk meteorite’s bow shock wave on the Earth’s surface
A. V. Astanin, A. D. Dashkevich, I. B. Petrov, M. N. Petrov, S. V. Utyuzhnikov, N. I. Khokhlov Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations March 2017, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 133–141 First Online: 24 March…
Petrology, mineralogy, porosity, and cosmic-ray exposure history of Huaxi ordinary chondrite
Li, S., Wang, S., Leya, I., Li, Y., Li, X. and Smith, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12842 Version of Record online: 28 FEB 2017 LINK “A meteorite fall was heard and collected on…
Degtevo (H5) registered as confirmed fall
Degtevo / Дёгтево (H5,S2,W0) is registered as confirmed fall in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK “Degtevo 49°09.6’N, 40°39.7’E Rostovskaya oblast’, Russia Confirmed fall: 20 March 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Imamkulov Toir Mamazoirovich was…
San Pedro de Urabá – Fall on 16 February 2017 (~5.30 p.m.) in San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia
Last update: 8 June 2018 Meteorite fall in the afternoon (~ 5.30 p.m.) of 16 February 2017 in San Pedro de Urabá, in the municipality of Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia. The meteorite, an ordinary chondrite…
A Report on 63 Newly Sampled Stones of the Almahata Sitta Fall (Asteroid 2008 TC3) from the University of Khartoum Collection, Including a C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite
A. M. Fioretti, C. A. Goodrich, M. Shaddad, P. Jenniskens, M. Zolensky, I. Kohl, E. Young, D. Rumble, N. Kita, B. Turrin, G. Herzog 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1846 LINK
Raman Spectroscopy of Kamargaon L6 Ordinary Chondrite
B. J. Saikia, G. Parthasarathy, R. R. Borah 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1979 PDF
Atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the Ejby meteorite fall in Denmark on February 6, 2016
P. Spurný, J. Borovička, G. Baumgarten, H. Haack, D. Heinlein, A.N. Sørensen Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 December 2016 LINK “A very bright bolide illuminated the sky over Denmark…
AIQUILE – meteorite fall (H5, S3, W0) in Tabla Mayu (Chago K’asa), Panamá, Ch’awar Mayu, Barbechos and Cruz Loma, near AIQUILE, Cochabamba, Bolivia on 20 November 2016, ~9:45-57 p.m. UTC (~5.45-57 p.m. BOT) (UPDT: 21 Apr 2017)
Last update: 21 April 2017 In the evening of November 20, 2016, at ~5.45-57 p.m. local time, three to four detonation sounds were heard by the Quechua villagers in the area around Aiquile in Bolivia’s…
DINGLE DELL (L/LL5, S2, W0) – 1.15-kg meteorite fall near Morawa, Western Australia on October 31, 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC)
Last update: 9 June 2017 On 31 October 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC) a bolide was seen above Western Australia, coming in from a north-northeastern direction. It was recorded entering the atmosphere…
The Braunschweig meteorite − a recent L6 chondrite fall in Germany
Rainer Bartoschewitz, Peter Appel, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Marc W. Caffee, Ian A. Franchi, Zelimir Gabelica, Richard C. Greenwood, Mourad Harir, Dennis Harries, Rupert Hochleitner, Jens Hopp, Matthias Laubenstein, Barbara Mader, Rosa Marques, Andreas Morlok,…
Thermophysical properties of Almahata Sitta meteorites (asteroid 2008 TC3) for high-fidelity entry modeling
Stefan Loehle, Peter Jenniskens, Hannah Böhrk, Thomas Bauer, Henning Elsäβer, Derek W. Sears, Michael E. Zolensky and Muawia H. Shaddad Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12788 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “Asteroid…
BANMA (L5, S2) officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On 15 October 2016 the meteorite which fell in Banma County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province in China on 24 August 2016 at about 21:00 local time was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin…
Meteorite fall between BANMA (班玛) and Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡), in Banma County (班玛县), Golog prefecture, Qinghai province, China at ~ 9 pm local time (UTC+8) on August 24, 2016 (UPDT: 10 Nov 2016)
Last update on November 10, 2016 On 15 October 2016 the meteorite was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database as BANMA (L5, S2) A meteorite (32 x 23 x 18 cm), ordinary chondrite (L5,S2,W0),…
EJBY (H5/6, S2, W0) registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On August 27, 2016 EJBY was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. “Ejby 55°42.02’N, 12°24.33’E Hovedstaden, Denmark Confirmed fall: 2016 Feb 6 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6) History: (H. Haack, NHMD): A bright fireball was…
Major elements and noble gases of the Jinju (H5) meteorite, an observed fall on March 9, 2014, in South Korea
Keisuke Nagao, Makiko K. Haba, Jong Ik Lee, Taehoon Kim, Mi Jung Lee, Changkun Park, Yong Joo Jwa, Byeon-Gak Choi GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Vol. 50 (2016) No. 4 p. 315-325 Released on J-STAGE 20160731 abstract “The…
Martian meteorite Tissint records unique petrogenesis among the depleted shergottites.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Vijaya Kumar, T. and Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12684 Version of Record online: 19 JUL 2016 LINK “Tissint, a new unaltered piece…
Radiation of molecules in Benešov bolide spectra
J. Borovička, A.A Berezhnoy Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2016 LINK “We analyzed molecular radiation in the spectra of the very bright Benešov bolide. The Benešov bolide appeared over the Czech…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee – 15 meteorites (79.46 g, LL7) of June 2, 2016 bolide (~10:56:28 UTC) found on White Mountain Apache Tribal land, Arizona, USA
Last update: 29 May, 2017 Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ has been officially registered as witnessed fall: LINK More information on the Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee fall can be read HERE. The meteorite search As announced by…
‘Phlai Chumphon / พลายชุมพล’ (prov.) – meteorite fall at ~ 0:26 UTC on June 27, 2016 (2559 B.E.) in Phlai Chumphon, Amphoe Mueang Phitsanulok (พิษณุโลก), Thailand
Last update: 18 January, 2018 UPDATE Elemental composition analysis of stony meteorites discovered in Phitsanulok, Thailand T Loylip and S Wannawichian Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 901, conference 1 Siam Physics Congress 2017 (SPC2017),…
Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Komar Gaon Meteorite Measured in a New Low-Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Facility, GeMSE
Rosén Å. V. von Sivers M. Hofmann B. A. Schumann M. Pathak D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6398 abstract
Sidi Ali Ou Azza (L4): A New Moroccan Fall
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. Agee C. B. Aaranson A. Bouragaa 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6120 abstract
The Stubenberg (Bavaria) Ordinary Chondrite Breccia: The Latest German Meteorite Fall
Ebert S., Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6137 abstract
Fall, Petrology, Classification, Noble Gas and Cosmogenic Records of Komar Gaon Meteorite, the Latest Fall in India
Ray D. * Mahajan R. R. Shukla A. D. Goswami T. K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6071 abstract
Pre-Entry Size and Cosmic History of the Annama Meteorite
Kohout T. * Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Laubenstein M. Caffee M. W. Gritsevich M. Grokhovsky V. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6316 abstract
‘Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South)’ fall officially registered as MURRILI
Murrili is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Murrili “Murrili 29.26089°S, 137.53765°E South Australia, Australia Confirmed fall: 2015 Nov 27 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: The Murrili fireball was imaged by observatories of the Desert…
Komar Gaon (L6) is officially registered
Komar Gaon is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database Komar Gaon “Komar Gaon 26°37’56.9884″N, 93°46’11.5115″E Assam, India Confirmed fall: 13 Nov 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: On November 13, 2015, at 12:00 pm…
STUBENBERG – Fall (LL6) in Bavaria, Germany on 6 March at 9:36:51-56 p.m. UTC
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this page: STUBENBERG Last update: 31 May 2017 The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn…
Meteorites of bolide on February 17 at ~ 9:44:11 pm CST (UTC-6) have been found near Crosbyton, west of Lubbock, Texas, USA (updated: Feb. 29)
Last update (Feb. 29) On February 29, 2016 Sonny Clary reported on his website * that Terry Scott and himself had found a 36.1 gram specimen in a cotton field near Crosbyton, Texas (~ 33°39’34.3″N…
OSCEOLA – First six meteorites of the fall on January 24 at 10.30 am EST in Northern Florida, USA have been found
UPDATE: April 2, 2016 Osceola was officially registered as L6 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on April 2, 2016 LINK “Osceola 30°27.16’N, 82°27.25’W Florida, USA Confirmed fall: 2016 Jan 24 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History:…
EJBY – Eleven meteorites (8937.78 g) found – Danekræ compensation paid – Fall on 6 February 2016 at 21:07:18-23 UTC in Ejby, Herlev, Glostrup, Vanløse, Sjælland, Denmark – Shattered meteorite main mass (~6.5 kg) in Herlev – Finds in Ejby (56 g, 522 g, 59.5 g, ~450g (?), ~400g (?) ), Glostrup (65 g) and Vanløse (18 g and ~300 g) (UPDT: Feb 11, 2018)
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update: 11 February 2018) Last update: 11 February 2018 (11:00 CET) According to a press release of the Statens…
Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis
P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3064 PDF
A Real Space Rosetta Stone — The Almahata Sitta Meteorite
V. H. Hoffmann, M. Kaliwoda, R. Hochleitner, M. Funaki, S. Decker 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1874 PDF
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database More information on the fall can be found HERE MetBull writeup 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary…
MURRILI meteorite (H5/S1, 1.68 kg) fallen on Nov 27, 2015 (10:43:44.50 UTC) was found at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South), South Australia – Success of Desert Fireball Network (updated: 5 Dec 2016)
Last update: December 5, 2016 Chasing Meteors ABC Radio National, Earshot, 5 December 2016 AUDIO (MP3) “I just went out on our little veranda for a smoke and a relax after work and there is…
The 1925 meteorite fall near Ellemeet and Serooskerke, the Netherlands.
de Vet, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12554 LINK “Two meteorites impacted in 1925 around the town of Serooskerke on the isle of Schouwen, the Netherlands. The largest mass is widely known as…
Meteorite fall in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay on 19th September 2015 – (updated Oct 22, 11:10 UTC)
A page with updated and additional information about this fall has been established on this SAN CARLOS (prov.) page (Last update: 14 April 2017) Last update: October 22, 2015, 11:10 UTC Interview with Gonzalo Tancredi…
Detailed information about SARIÇİÇEK Howardite meteorite fall (Bingöl,Turkey) released (updated Feb. 23)
Last updated: February 23, 2016 The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. Writeup of MB 105 The Turkish Meteorite Network has released detailed information about…
What we know about Oslo meteorite from cosmogenic isotope analysis
Z. Tymiński, M. Stolarz, T. Kubalczak, P. Zaręba, M. Burski, M. Bilet, E. Miśta, K. Tymińska, E. Kołakowska, A. Burakowska, P. Żołądek, A. Olech, M. Wiśniewski, A. Listkowska, and P. Saganowski EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10,…
SARIÇİÇEK – Bolide and rare achondrite (Howardite) meteorite fall around village Sarıçiçek, Bingöl province, Turkey on September 2, ~ 20:06 UTC (updated 24 Feb 2016)
Last update: Feb. 24, 2016 / 06:40 CET The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. LINK Writeup from MB 105 “Sariçiçek 38°54.10’N, 40°36.01’E Bingol, Turkey…
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 102
Ruzicka, A., Grossman, J., Bouvier, A., Herd, C. D. K. and Agee, C. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12491 LINK
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 101
Ruzicka, A., Grossman, J., Bouvier, A., Herd, C. D. K. and Agee, C. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12490 LINK
Meteorite of fall on 30th July found near Moshampa, Zanjan, Iran (updated Jan. 24)
Updated: January 24, 2016 Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) History: On Thursday, 2015…
Meteorite fall in Famenin, near Hamedan, Iran on 27th June, 4.30 UTC / 8.30 am local (updated: 5 Feb. 2016)
Last update: February 5, 2016 Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science…
Meteorite fall in Famenin, near Hamedan, Iran on 27th June, 4.30 UTC / 8.30 am local (updated: Feb. 5)
Last update: February 5, 2016 Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science…
The instrumentally recorded fall of the Križevci meteorite, Croatia, February 4, 2011.
Borovička, J., Spurný, P., Šegon, D., Andreić, Ž., Kac, J., Korlević, K., Atanackov, J., Kladnik, G., Mucke, H., Vida, D. and Novoselnik, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12469 LINK
Jinju H5 Chondrite: A New Fall in Korea Having Numerous Vugs Filled with Vapor-Phase Crystallized Minerals
Choi B.-G., Kim H., Kim H., Lee J. I., Kim T. H., Ahn I., Yi K., Hong T. E. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
The Vicência meteorite fall: A new unshocked (S1) weakly metamorphosed (3.2) LL chondrite
Keil, K., Zucolotto, M. E., Krot, A. N., Doyle, P. M., Telus, M., Krot, T. V., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A., Wasson, J. T., Welten, K. C., Caffee, M. W., Sears, D. W. G.,…
Žd’ár nad Sázavou is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK 49°31.3’ N, 16°2.0’ E
Porangaba is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Meteoritical Bulletin 23°09’36″S, 48°10’52″W Additional information about this witnessed fall can be found HERE
Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid
Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani, Ahmed El Goresy, Yangting Lin, Lu Feng, Jian-Chao Zhang, Philippe Gillet, Toshiro Nagase, Jun Muto, Masahiko Nishijima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.035…
The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field
Juraj Tóth, Ján Svoreň, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Antal Igaz, Leonard Kornoš, Peter Vereš, Marek Husárik, Július Koza, Aleš Kučera, Pavel Zigo, Štefan Gajdoš, Jozef Világi, David Čapek, Zuzana Krišandová, Dušan Tomko, Jiří Šilha, Eva…
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
Orbit and dynamic origin of the recently recovered Annama’s H5 chondrite
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Lyytinen E., Gritsevich M., Moreno-Ibáñez M., Bottke W.F., Williams I., Lupovka V., Dmitriev V., Kohout T., Grokhovsky V. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (May 11, 2015) 449 (2): 2119-2127. doi:…
Glanerbrug meteorite memorial presented on 25th ‘fallday’
On 7 April 2015 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST a memorial with a plate to commemorate the fall of the Glanerbrug meteorite on 7 April 1990 (18:32:38 UTC) was revealed at the corner of…
Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, and classification of the Košice meteorite
Daniel Ozdín, Jozef Plavčan, Michaela Horňáčková, Pavel Uher, Vladimír Porubčan, Pavel Veis, Jozef Rakovský, Juraj Tóth, Patrik Konečný and Ján Svoreň Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12405 LINK
A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then…
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Additional and deviating information about this witnessed fall (updated after registration in the Meteoritical Bulletin on 24 May 2015) can be found HERE (Last update of text below on 24 March 2015) The meteorite weighs…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
60 years ago: Mrs Hodges and the Sylacauga meteorite
November 30, 1954, at 18:46 UTC Oak Grove, Alabama The Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, Aerolite Swindel, G. W. & Jones, W. B. Meteoritics, volume 1, number 2, page 125. (1954) The Sylacauga, Alabama Meteorite: The…
New data on the Braunschweig meteorite (L6) – a recent fall in Germany (2013)
Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM, Muenchen), Viktor Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), R. Bartoschwewitz (Bartoschewitz Met. Lab. Germany) PDF LINK
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight / Coordinates at Lake Chebarkul memorial finally corrected
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its current weight on 14 November 2014 LINK LINK (original) According to Arkady Ovcharenko (Аркадий Овчаренко) from the Geophysical Institute of the Ural Branch of the…
Sutter’s Mill – Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) Theme Issue
Meteoritics & Planetary Science Thematic Issue focuses only on Sutter’s Mill LINK November 2014 Volume 49, Issue 11 Pages i–i, 1987–2127
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco official in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco registered in Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK
Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Robert E. Peale, Eric Mattson, Carol J. Hirschmugl and Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12321 LINK Abstract Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared…
Diamond xenolith and matrix organic matter in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite measured by C-XANES
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Zia Rahman, Peter Jenniskens and George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12312 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The Sutter’s Mill…
Ionospheric response to the entry and explosion of the South Ural superbolide
Yu. Ya. Ruzhin, V. D. Kuznetsov (Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow, Russia V. M. Smirnov (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian…
Interview with Russel Parry about his book on the Appley Bridge meteorite
Radio Lancashire, 3 October 2014 book launch: 13 October 2014 LINK The-Appley-Bridge-Meteorite (facebook) More information update (14 October): BBC TV report:
New meteorite registration system at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Apparently from now on meteorites that are imported into Korea or found in the country can (or even have to be) registered at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) LINK LINK (machine-translated)…
Video of 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found near Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013
In situ – video of the 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found southwest of Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013 at 11 a.m. Video by Valerij Bogdanovskij
Vicência officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
The meteorite fall has been officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database: LINK Vicência 7°42.5’S, 35°25.66’W Pernambuco, Brazil Fell: 21 Sept 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.2) History: Fell, September 21, 2013, ~15:00 hours local time (18:00 UTC),…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
The Ardón L6 ordinary chondrite: A long-hidden Spanish meteorite fall
Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Llorca, J., Weyrauch, M., Bischoff, A., Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Keil, K., Laubenstein, M., Pack, A., Madiedo, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Riebe, M., Wieler, R., Ott, U., Tapia, M. and Mestres, N. (2014)…
Crystalline and amorphous matter in the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy
T. N. Moroz, S. V. Goryainov, N. P. Pokhilenko, N. M. Podgornykh Doklady Earth Sciences July 2014, Volume 457, Issue 1, pp 831-834 Date: 05 Aug 2014 Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2014, Vol. 457, No. 1,…
Physical Properties, Structure and Fracturing of the Chelyabinsk LL5 Meteorite Body
Grokhovsky, V. I.; Kohout, , T.; Gritsevich, M.; Koneva, E. V. PDF LINK
The Smoke Train of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid
N. A. Artemieva and V. V. Shuvalov PDF LINK
Thermal History of Small Fragments During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
A. Lukashin, R. Luther, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann . PDF LINK
Reconstructing the Chelyabinsk event: pre-impact orbital evolution
de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. MNRAS (September 1, 2014) Vol. 443 L39-L43 First published online June 26, 2014 LINK
Magnetic properties of the LL5 ordinary chondrite Chelyabinsk (fall of February 15, 2013)
Bezaeva, N. S., Badyukov, D. D., Nazarov, M. A., Rochette, P., Feinberg, J. M., Markov, G. P., Borschneck, D., Demory, F., Gattacceca, J., Borisovskiy, S. E. and Skripnik, A. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume…
Mineralogy of Meteorite Chelyabinsk as Determined by Raman Spectroscopy
Voropaev, S. A.; Eliseev, A. A.; Petukhov, D. I. PDF LINK
The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of asteroid 2008 TC3
Horstmann M and Bischoff A (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 149–183 LINK
The Sutter’s Mill meteorite: Thermoluminescence data on thermal and metamorphic history
Sears, D. W. and Beauford, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 11, pages 2047–2055, November 2014
A comprehensive study of distribution laws for the fragments of Košice meteorite
Gritsevich M, Vinnikov V, Kohout T, Tóth J, Peltoniemi J, Turchak L and Virtanen J Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 328–345. doi: 10.1111/maps.12252 Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 328–345, March 2014
Infrasound detection of the Chelyabinsk meteor at the USArray
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin, Michael A.H. Hedlin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 402, 15 September 2014, Pages 337–345 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.031 LINK
Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization
Olga P. Popova, Peter Jenniskens, Vacheslav Emel’yanenko, Anna Kartashova, Eugeny Biryukov, Sergey Khaibrakhmanov, Valery Shuvalov, Yurij Rybnov, Alexandr Dudorov, Victor I. Grokhovsky, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Qing-Zhu Yin, Peter S. Gural, Jim Albers, Mikael Granvik, Läslo…
The trajectory, structure and origin of the Chelyabinsk asteroidal impactor
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown, Paul Wiegert, Pavel Kalenda, David Clark & Lukáš Shrbený Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12671, Published online 06 November 2013 LINK
Earth-viewing satellite perspectives on the Chelyabinsk meteor event
Miller SD, Straka III WC, Bachmeier AS, Schmit TJ, Partain PT and Noh Y-J (2013) PNAS 110:18092-18097. LINK
Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
Kohout T, Gritsevich M, Grokhovsky VI, Yakovlev GA, Haloda J, Halodova P, Michallik RM, Penttilä A and Muinonen K Icarus Volume 228, 15 January 2014, Pages 78–85 LINK
The Murchison Meteorite Story
John Lovering describes his excitement at seeing the Murchison meteorite and its scientific significance. VIDEO (MP4) Transcript: This particular fragment is one of the pieces of the Murchison meteorite that fell in Victoria in 1969….
