Frontier Mountain 99012 meteorite
Frontier Mountain 99012 is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H3/4, that was found in Antarctica in 1999. A total of 1.9 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Frontier Mountain 99012
- Classification
- H3/4
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1999
- Mass recovered
- 1.9 g
- Country
- Antarctica
- Coordinates
- 72.9944° S, 160.4017° 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 Frontier Mountain 99012
- Frontier Mountain 99017 H4 · 0 km away
- Frontier Mountain 01116 H3 · 0 km away
- Frontier Mountain 03070 H3 · 0 km away
- Frontier Mountain 99016 L5 · 0 km away
- Frontier Mountain 99015 H4 · 0 km away
- Frontier Mountain 01138 H3 · 0 km away
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- Lewis Cliff 88435 Antarctica · 1988
- Yamato 86419 Antarctica · 1986
- Grove Mountains 090746 Antarctica · 2010
- Yamato 74487 Kenya · 1974
- Dominion Range 10324 · 2010