Meteorite Hills 00405 meteorite
Meteorite Hills 00405 is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was found in Antarctica in 2000. A total of 17 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Meteorite Hills 00405
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 2000
- Mass recovered
- 17 g
- Country
- Antarctica
- Coordinates
- 79.6833° S, 155.7500° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Meteorite Hills 00405
- Meteorite Hills 001012 CM2 · 0 km away
- Meteorite Hills 001038 Iron, ungrouped · 0 km away
- Meteorite Hills 001060 Diogenite · 0 km away
- Meteorite Hills 001087 CM2 · 0 km away
- Meteorite Hills 001136 Iron, IIIAB · 0 km away
- Meteorite Hills 00400 Iron, IIIAB · 0 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Dunganville New Zealand · 1976
- Liangcheng China · 1959
- Northwest Africa 4707 · 2006
- Thunda Australia · 1881
- Billings United States · 1903
- Grosvenor Mountains 95522 Antarctica · 1995