Malotas meteorite
Malotas is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5, that was seen to fall in Argentina in 1931. 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
- Malotas
- Classification
- H5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1931
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Argentina
- Coordinates
- 28.9333° S, 63.2333° 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 Malotas
- Los Cerrillos H4 · 11 km away
- Tostado H6 · 146 km away
- Deán Funes H5 · 191 km away
- El Chaco Unclassified · 212 km away
- El Simbolar Iron · 247 km away
- Aguila Blanca L · 250 km away
Other H meteorites
- Al Huqf 002 Oman · 2000
- Lewis Cliff 86456 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 82016 Antarctica · 1982
- Grove Mountains 021938 Antarctica · 2003
- Tysnes Island Norway · 1884
- Dhofar 574 Oman · 2001