Fort Flatters meteorite
Fort Flatters is a meteorite, officially classified as Stone-uncl, that was seen to fall in Algeria in 1944. 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
- Fort Flatters
- Classification
- Stone-uncl
- Type
- Unclassified · Unclassified
- Group
- Stone-uncl
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1944
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Algeria
- Coordinates
- 28.2500° N, 7.0000° E
What is an unclassified?
The published class is missing or too broad to place in the four main divisions. All meteorite types.
Meteorites near Fort Flatters
- Erg Tiferine H5/6 · 112 km away
- Isoulane-n-Amahar L6 · 206 km away
- Ilizi H4 · 250 km away
- Ben Kesbes 001 H5 · 287 km away
Other Stone-uncl meteorites
- Hatford United Kingdom · 1628
- Urasaki Japan · 1926
- Novy-Ergi Russia · 1662
- Castel Berardenga Italy · 1791
- Rockhampton Australia · 1895
- Jiapigou China · 1880