Gao-Guenie meteorite
Gao-Guenie is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5, that was seen to fall in Burkina Faso in 1960. 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
- Gao-Guenie
- Classification
- H5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1960
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Coordinates
- 11.6500° N, 2.1833° W
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 Gao-Guenie
- Gao-Guenie (b) CR · 0 km away
- Pê L6 · 152 km away
- Béréba Eucrite-mmict · 160 km away
- Bawku LL5 · 227 km away
- Bilanga Diogenite · 245 km away
- Guibga L5 · 262 km away
Other H meteorites
- Allan Hills 83050 Antarctica · 1983
- Lewis Cliff 87060 Antarctica · 1987
- Yamato 8331 Antarctica · 1983
- Grove Mountains 022834 Antarctica · 2003
- Wilmot United States · 1944
- Dhofar 754 Oman · 2000
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