Rockhampton meteorite
Rockhampton is a meteorite, officially classified as Stone-uncl, that was seen to fall in Australia in 1895. A total of 1.64 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
- Rockhampton
- Classification
- Stone-uncl
- Type
- Unclassified · Unclassified
- Group
- Stone-uncl
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1895
- Mass recovered
- 1.64 kg
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- 23.3833° S, 150.5167° E
What is an unclassified?
The published class is missing or too broad to place in the four main divisions. All meteorite types.
Meteorites near Rockhampton
- Gladstone (iron) Iron, IAB-MG · 98 km away
Other Stone-uncl meteorites
- Yamato 81052 Antarctica · 1981
- Picote Spain · 1843
- Fünen Germany · 1654
- Tamir-Tsetserleg Mongolia · 1956
- Narni Italy · 920
- as-Sanam Saudi Arabia · 1954