Pê meteorite
Pê is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as L6, that was seen to fall in Burkina Faso in 1989. 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
- Pê
- Classification
- L6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- L
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1989
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Coordinates
- 11.3337° N, 3.5422° W
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about L chondrites.
Meteorites near Pê
- Béréba Eucrite-mmict · 37 km away
- Gao-Guenie H5 · 152 km away
- Gao-Guenie (b) CR · 152 km away
- N'Goureyma Iron, ungrouped · 294 km away
Other L meteorites
- Acfer 172 Algeria · 1990
- Lewis Cliff 85451 Antarctica · 1985
- Yamato 982719 · 1998
- Larkman Nunatak 06269 · 2006
- Yamato 980424 · 1998
- LaPaz Icefield 04455 · 2004