Okabe meteorite
Okabe is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1958. A total of 194 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
- Okabe
- Classification
- H5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1958
- Mass recovered
- 194 g
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 36.1833° N, 139.2167° E
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 Okabe
- Sayama CM2 · 39 km away
- Koshigaya Astronomical Phenomenon · 59 km away
- Hachi-oji H? · 60 km away
- Kamiomi H5 · 68 km away
- Komagome Iron · 69 km away
- Tsukuba H5-6 · 84 km away
Other H meteorites
- Acfer 302 Algeria · 1992
- Lewis Cliff 86373 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 794084 Antarctica · 1979
- Grove Mountains 021700 Antarctica · 2003
- Tieret 010 Tunisia · 2010
- Dhofar 479 Oman · 2001