Pettiswood meteorite
Pettiswood is a meteorite, officially classified as Stone-uncl, that was seen to fall in Ireland in 1779. 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
- Pettiswood
- Classification
- Stone-uncl
- Type
- Unclassified · Unclassified
- Group
- Stone-uncl
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1779
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.5333° N, 7.3333° W
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What is an unclassified?
The published class is missing or too broad to place in the four main divisions. All meteorite types.
Meteorites near Pettiswood
- Leighlinbridge L6 · 99 km away
- Dundrum H5 · 119 km away
- Killeter H6 · 128 km away
- Bovedy L3 · 132 km away
- Mooresfort H5 · 138 km away
- Crumlin L5 · 141 km away
Other Stone-uncl meteorites
- Jilong · 1930
- Yamato 81050 Antarctica · 1981
- Picote Spain · 1843
- Fort Flatters Algeria · 1944
- Taicang China · 1928
- Mtola Malawi · 1944