Plymouth meteorite
Plymouth is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was found in the United States in 1893. A total of 14 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Plymouth
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1893
- Mass recovered
- 14 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 41.3333° N, 86.3167° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Plymouth
- Hamlet LL4 · 24 km away
- Rochester H6 · 28 km away
- South Bend Pallasite, PMG · 36 km away
- La Porte Iron, IIIAB · 45 km away
- Kokomo Iron, IVB · 95 km away
- Lafayette (stone) Martian (nakhlite) · 113 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Tagounite Morocco · 1989
- Balsas Brazil · 1974
- Franceville United States · 1890
- Mapleton United States · 1939
- Pampa Providencia Chile · 1994
- Verissimo Brazil · 1965