Opava meteorite
Opava is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in Czechia in 1925. A total of 14.3 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Opava
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1925
- Mass recovered
- 14.3 kg
- Country
- Czechia
- Coordinates
- 49.9667° N, 17.9000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Opava
- Alt Bela Iron, IID · 34 km away
- Morávka H5 · 61 km away
- Tieschitz H/L3.6 · 69 km away
- Zlin H4 · 81 km away
- Sazovice L5 · 85 km away
- Gross-Divina H5 · 98 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Minnesota (iron) · 1950
- Komagome Japan · 1926
- Duan China
- Aletai People's Republic of China
- Selcany Czechia · 1900
- Nashville (iron) United States · 1934
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