Patti meteorite
Patti is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was seen to fall in Italy in 1922. A total of 12 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
- Patti
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1922
- Mass recovered
- 12 g
- Country
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 38.1333° N, 14.9667° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Patti
- Messina L5 · 53 km away
- Mineo Pallasite · 97 km away
- Girgenti L6 · 153 km away
- Castrovillari Stone-uncl · 214 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