Benares (b) meteorite
Benares (b) is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in India.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Benares (b)
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- Not recorded
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- India
- Coordinates
- 25.3333° N, 83.0000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Benares (b)
- Benares (a) LL4 · 9 km away
- Khanpur LL5 · 27 km away
- Bishunpur LL3.15 · 41 km away
- Mirzapur L5 · 46 km away
- Chainpur LL3.4 · 75 km away
- Mhow L6 · 88 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Lebedinnyi Russia · 1925
- Gerzeh Egypt · 1911
- Castray River Australia · 1899
- Wei-hui-fu (a) · 1931
- Paulding County United States · 1901
- Lewis Cliff 88698 Antarctica · 1988