Sakauchi meteorite
Sakauchi is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1913. A total of 4.18 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
- Sakauchi
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1913
- Mass recovered
- 4.18 kg
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.6667° N, 136.3000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Sakauchi
- Tané L5 · 27 km away
- Kasamatsu H · 54 km away
- Gifu L6 · 55 km away
- Hashima H4 · 55 km away
- Minamino L · 87 km away
- Neagari L6 · 88 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Los Sauces Argentina · 1937
- Guizhou China
- Czestochowa Rakow I Poland
- Yamato 791836 Antarctica · 1979
- Queen Alexandra Range 99001 Antarctica · 1999
- Mariaville United States · 1898