Rembang meteorite
Rembang is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IVA, that was seen to fall in Indonesia in 1919. A total of 10 kg 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
- Rembang
- Classification
- Iron, IVA
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IVA
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1919
- Mass recovered
- 10 kg
- Country
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 6.7333° S, 111.3667° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IVA irons.
Meteorites near Rembang
- Tjabe H6 · 43 km away
- Jepara Pallasite, PMG · 72 km away
- Ngawi LL3.6 · 80 km away
- Djati-Pengilon H6 · 87 km away
- Prambanan Iron, ungrouped · 110 km away
- Jumapalo L6 · 111 km away
Other IVA meteorites
- Wood's Mountain United States · 1918
- Yanhuitlan Mexico · 1825
- Yingde China · 1964
- Yudoma Russia · 1946
- Zaragoza Spain
- Akyumak Turkey · 1981