Gasseltepaoua meteorite
Gasseltepaoua is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5, that was seen to fall in Burkina Faso in 2000. 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
- Gasseltepaoua
- Classification
- H5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 2000
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Coordinates
- 14.1508° N, 2.0417° 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 Gasseltepaoua
- Guibga L5 · 164 km away
- N'Goureyma Iron, ungrouped · 255 km away
- Bilanga Diogenite · 284 km away
Other H meteorites
- Allan Hills 84176 Antarctica · 1984
- Lewis Cliff 87228 Antarctica · 1987
- Yamato 86107 Antarctica · 1986
- Grove Mountains 023250 Antarctica · 2003
- Yamato 74099 Antarctica · 1974
- Dhofar 958 Oman · 2002