Owrucz meteorite
Owrucz is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as OC, that was seen to fall in Ukraine in 1775. 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
- Owrucz
- Classification
- OC
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- OC
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1775
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Ukraine
- Coordinates
- 51.3333° N, 28.8333° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about Ordinary chondrites.
Meteorites near Owrucz
- Galkiv H4 · 140 km away
- Zaborzika L6 · 142 km away
- Zmenj Howardite · 149 km away
- Zvonkov H6 · 161 km away
- Brahin Pallasite, PMG · 166 km away
- Bielokrynitschie H4 · 178 km away
Other OC meteorites
- Ibrisim Turkey · 1949
- Österplana 036 Sweden · 1996
- Brownfield (c) United States · 1974
- Österplana 012 Sweden · 1996
- Tounkin Russia · 1824
- Ness County (c)