Komagome meteorite
Komagome is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1926. A total of 238 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
- Komagome
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1926
- Mass recovered
- 238 g
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.7333° N, 139.7500° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Komagome
- Koshigaya Astronomical Phenomenon · 21 km away
- Narashino Unclassified · 26 km away
- Sayama CM2 · 35 km away
- Hachi-oji H? · 39 km away
- Kamiomi H5 · 39 km away
- Tsukuba H5-6 · 51 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Lujan Argentina · 1878
- Guizhou China
- Czestochowa Rakow I Poland
- Yamato 791836 Antarctica · 1979
- Red Willow United States · 1899
- Midland Canada · 1960