Delegate meteorite
Delegate is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB-an, that was found in Australia in 1904. A total of 27.7 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Delegate
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB-an
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1904
- Mass recovered
- 27.7 kg
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- 37.0000° S, 149.0333° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Delegate
- Bendock Pallasite · 20 km away
- Coolac Iron, IAB-MG · 240 km away
- Coolamon L6 · 297 km away
- Binda Eucrite-cm · 300 km away
- Narraburra Iron, IIIAB · 329 km away
- Narellan L6 · 361 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Tagounite Morocco · 1989
- Balsas Brazil · 1974
- Frankfort (iron) United States · 1866
- Marshall County United States · 1860
- Picacho United States · 1952
- Verissimo Brazil · 1965