Cañellas meteorite
Cañellas is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H4, that was seen to fall in Spain in 1861. A total of 945 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
- Cañellas
- Classification
- H4
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1861
- Mass recovered
- 945 g
- Country
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 41.2500° N, 1.6667° 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 Cañellas
- Garraf L6 · 21 km away
- Barcelona (stone) OC · 44 km away
- Nulles H6 · 87 km away
- Gerona H5 · 124 km away
- Roda Diogenite · 149 km away
- Sena H4 · 152 km away
Other H meteorites
- Allan Hills 06003 Antarctica · 2006
- Lewis Cliff 86491 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 82085 Antarctica · 1982
- Grove Mountains 022410 Antarctica · 2003
- Uruq al Hadd 002 Yemen · 1996
- Dhofar 624 Oman · 2001