Rumuruti meteorite
Rumuruti is a rumuruti chondrite meteorite, officially classified as R3.8-6, that was seen to fall in Kenya in 1934. A total of 67 g 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
- Rumuruti
- Classification
- R3.8-6
- Type
- Chondrite · Rumuruti
- Group
- R
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1934
- Mass recovered
- 67 g
- Country
- Kenya
- Coordinates
- 0.2667° N, 36.5333° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about R chondrites (rumurutiites).
Meteorites near Rumuruti
- Yamato 74380 H5 · 101 km away
- Yamato 74381 H5 · 101 km away
- Yamato 74382 H5 · 101 km away
- Yamato 74383 H5 · 101 km away
- Yamato 74384 H5 · 101 km away
- Yamato 74385 H5 · 101 km away
Other R meteorites
- Ramlat as Sahmah 249 Oman · 2005
- Yamato 980703 · 1998
- Dar al Gani 417 Libya · 1998
- LaPaz Icefield 031275 · 2003
- Miller Range 07440 · 2007
- Northwest Africa 1566 · 2001
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