Repeev Khutor meteorite
Repeev Khutor is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIF, that was seen to fall in Russia in 1933. A total of 7 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
- Repeev Khutor
- Classification
- Iron, IIF
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIF
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1933
- Mass recovered
- 7 kg
- Country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 48.6000° N, 45.6667° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIF irons.
Meteorites near Repeev Khutor
- Tsarev L5 · 11 km away
- Sarepta Iron, IAB-MG · 64 km away
- Petropavlovka H4 · 149 km away
- Pallasovka Pallasite, PMG · 157 km away
- Verkhne Tschirskaia H5 · 183 km away
- Romashki L6 · 202 km away
Other IIF meteorites
- Monahans (1938) United States · 1938
- Dorofeevka Kazakhstan · 1910
- Del Rio Mexico · 1965
- Corowa Australia · 1964
- Purmela United States · 1977