Fort Stockton meteorite
Fort Stockton is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in the United States in 1952. A total of 4.76 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Fort Stockton
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1952
- Mass recovered
- 4.76 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 30.9167° N, 103.0667° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Fort Stockton
- Barrilla H5 · 41 km away
- Monahans (1938) Iron, IIF · 65 km away
- Monahans (1998) H5 · 79 km away
- Peña Blanca Spring Aubrite · 88 km away
- Odessa (iron) Iron, IAB-MG · 109 km away
- Davis Mountains Iron, IIIAB · 114 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Clinton United States · 1950
- Wietrzno-Bobrka Slovakia
- Poison Spring United States · 1971
- Lujan Argentina · 1878
- Hejing China · 1965
- Czestochowa Rakow I Poland