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Jackson meteorite
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Jackson resident finds possible meteorite in pasture While riding through his horse pasture counting fire ant mounds, Jackson resident Ronnie Edwards found what could be a rare discovery - a meteorite. The possible rare discovery was made in November after Edwards saw what the thought was a shoo...
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Polonnaruwa meteorite
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Polonnaruwa meteorite with evidence of life from outer space described as the most important find in 500 years. A meteorite that Landed recently, close to the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka has been described as the most important scientific discovery in the last 500 years as it carried &q...
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Ruzhany meteorite
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Ruzhany meteorite on display in Sapieha Palace museum The museum at Sapieha Palace in Ruzhany, Pruzhany District, has got a unique artifact - Ruzhany meteorite, BelTA learned from the museum director Ruslan Kniga. The meteorite is one of the most common types - a chondrite. It weighs about 25kg and...
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Bungaree Meteorite
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The Argus (Melbourne) Monday 24 December 1866 A large metallic mass, resembling in appearance an aerolite, was found on the farm of Mr. Pascoe, situated near Corooran's sawmills, Bungaree, several days ago. The stranger was unfortunately broken up before it was suspected to be a celestial visito...
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Sung meteorite
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Title: Meteorite falls in China and some related human casualty events Authors: Yau, K., Weissman, P., & Yeomans, D. The entry for December 24, 645 B.C. states that "Five stones fell in Sung (one of the states at the time)" (Stephenson and Yau, 1992). Read more
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Diepenveen meteorite
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Rare space rock goes unnoticed for 140 years Bright lights and sizzling sounds accompanied the fall of the meteorite on 27 October 1873 in the village of Diepenveen in the Netherlands, according to a contemporary handwritten note. Two witnesses to the fall dug up the small, warm stone and gave it to t...
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El Tigre meteorite
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The El Tigre (L6) meteorite fell in Michoacan, Mexico, on the 23rd December, 1993. A total mass of 5 kg was recovered. 19° 58' 2"N, 103° 3' 6"W
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Lewis Cliff 88516 meteorite
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The LEW 88516 (Martian shergottite) meteorite was discovered in Antarctica, on the 22nd December, 1988. A total mass of 13.2 g was recovered. 84° 14' 36"S, 161° 30' 6"E
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Tamdakht meteorite
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The Tamdakht (H5) meteorite fell in Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco, on the 20th December 2008. A total mass of 100 kg was recovered. 31° 9' 48"N, 7° 0' 54"W
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Mehaires meteorite
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The Mehaires (L6) meteorite fell in Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania, on the 16th December, 2012. A total mass of 6 kg was recovered. 25° 57' 33"N, 10° 57' 37"W
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Oregon Meteor, December 16, 1892
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Meteor-Fall in Oregon, December 16, 1892. Albany, Oregon, December 17, 1892. "About five o'clock yesterday morning Fred Reis saw a bright meteor approaching from the southeast. It was travelling very rapidly, and with a rushing sound fell into the street, followed by a wake of bright sparks...
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An Aerolite Falls in Canada
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Quebec, P. Q., Dec. 16, 1884. - An aerolite fell on the farm of C. Francois, at Chateau Richer, below Montmorency Falls, a short distance from Quebec, at three o'clock Saturday morning. It was dug up from the ground, in which it had imbedded itself, and was found to measure about a foot in diameter. The p...
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Crocodile Head meteor
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FALL OF AN AEROLITE The Argus -- Saturday 14 December 1889 On the passage of the ship Glaucus from Newcastle she had a narrow escape from being struck by one of the stray missiles occasionally shot from the firmament. The unwelcome visitant made its descent at 20 minutes past 1 p.m. on the 10th inst. off...
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Aachen Meteorite
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The Aachen (L5) meteorite fell in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, sometime in 1880. A total mass of 21 g was recovered. 50° 46' 30"N, 6° 5' 0"E
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San Pedro Jacuaro meteorite
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The San Pedro Jacuaro (LL6) meteorite fell in Michoacan, Mexico, on the 1st December 1968. A total mass of 460 g was recovered. 19° 46'N, 100° 39'W
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