Queen Alexandra Range 99001 meteorite
Queen Alexandra Range 99001 is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in Antarctica in 1999. A total of 22 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Queen Alexandra Range 99001
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1999
- Mass recovered
- 22 kg
- Country
- Antarctica
- Coordinates
- 84.0000° S, 168.0000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Queen Alexandra Range 99001
- Queen Alexandra Range 02100 LL5 · 0 km away
- Queen Alexandra Range 02101 LL5 · 0 km away
- Queen Alexandra Range 02102 LL5 · 0 km away
- Queen Alexandra Range 02103 H5 · 0 km away
- Queen Alexandra Range 02104 H5 · 0 km away
- Queen Alexandra Range 02105 LL6 · 0 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Lujan Argentina · 1878
- Hejing China · 1965
- Czestochowa Rakow II Poland
- Yamato 793598 Antarctica · 1979
- Rub' al-Khali 003 Saudi Arabia · 1957
- Midland Canada · 1960