Blansko meteorite
Blansko is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H6, that was seen to fall in Czechia in 1833. A total of 470 g was recovered. Witnessed falls are rare and especially valuable to science, because the stones are collected before Earth's weather can change them.
Where it fell
Key facts
- Name
- Blansko
- Classification
- H6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1833
- Mass recovered
- 470 g
- Country
- Czechia
- Coordinates
- 49.3667° N, 16.6333° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about H chondrites.
Meteorites near Blansko
- Tieschitz H/L3.6 · 44 km away
- Vicenice Iron, IID · 63 km away
- Sazovice L5 · 69 km away
- Usti Nad Orlici L6 · 70 km away
- Wessely H5 · 72 km away
- Zlin H4 · 76 km away
Other H meteorites
- Al Huqf 002 Oman · 2000
- Lewis Cliff 86457 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 82016 Antarctica · 1982
- Grove Mountains 021947 Antarctica · 2003
- Tysnes Island Norway · 1884
- Dhofar 576 Oman · 2001