Okano meteorite
Okano is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIAB, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1904. A total of 4.74 kg 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
- Okano
- Classification
- Iron, IIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIAB
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1904
- Mass recovered
- 4.74 kg
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.0833° N, 135.2000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIAB irons.
Meteorites near Okano
- Sone H5 · 15 km away
- Kobe CK4 · 39 km away
- Takenouchi H5 · 43 km away
- Tanokami Mountain Iron, IIIE · 72 km away
- Tané L5 · 102 km away
- Sakauchi Iron · 119 km away
Other IIAB meteorites
- Derrick Peak A78004 Antarctica · 1978
- Dutch Flat United States · 2002
- Indianópolis Brazil · 1989
- Miller Range 07666 · 2007
- Old Woman United States · 1976
- Sierra Gorda Chile · 1898