Pavlodar (stone) meteorite
Pavlodar (stone) is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5, that was seen to fall in Kazakhstan in 1938. A total of 143 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
- Pavlodar (stone)
- Classification
- H5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1938
- Mass recovered
- 143 g
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Coordinates
- 52.3000° N, 77.0333° 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 Pavlodar (stone)
- Efremovka CV3 · 22 km away
- Nikolaevka H4 · 110 km away
- Pavlodar (pallasite) Pallasite, PMG-an · 128 km away
- Markovka (b) L5 · 180 km away
- Polujamki H4 · 183 km away
- Markovka H4 · 188 km away
Other H meteorites
- Allan Hills 85100 Antarctica · 1985
- Lewis Cliff 88094 Antarctica · 1988
- Yamato 86200 Antarctica · 1986
- Grove Mountains 051552 Antarctica · 2006
- Yamato 74241 Antarctica · 1974
- DOM 19148 Antarctica · 2019