Kobe meteorite
Kobe is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, officially classified as CK4, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1999. A total of 136 g was recovered. 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
- Kobe
- Classification
- CK4
- Type
- Chondrite · Carbonaceous
- Group
- CK
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1999
- Mass recovered
- 136 g
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 34.7333° N, 135.1667° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about CK chondrites.
Meteorites near Kobe
- Okano Iron, IIAB · 39 km away
- Sone H5 · 51 km away
- Tanokami Mountain Iron, IIIE · 76 km away
- Takenouchi H5 · 76 km away
- Kokubunji L6 · 121 km away
- Tané L5 · 124 km away
Other CK meteorites
- Miller Range 090982 · 2009
- Elephant Moraine 90042 Antarctica · 1990
- Allan Hills 85002 Antarctica · 1985
- Northwest Africa 4812 · 2006
- Lucerne Valley 037 United States · 2004
- Elephant Moraine 90015 Antarctica · 1990