Senboku meteorite
Senboku is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H6, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1993. A total of 866 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
- Senboku
- Classification
- H6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1993
- Mass recovered
- 866 g
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 39.4383° N, 140.5117° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about H chondrites.
Meteorites near Senboku
- Kamioka H4 · 15 km away
- Shiraiwa H4 · 28 km away
- Kesen H4 · 108 km away
- Otomi H · 116 km away
- Tendo Iron, IIIAB · 122 km away
- Tomiya H4/5 · 123 km away
Other H meteorites
- Al Huqf 002 Oman · 2000
- Lewis Cliff 86456 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 82016 Antarctica · 1982
- Grove Mountains 021938 Antarctica · 2003
- Tysnes Island Norway · 1884
- Dhofar 574 Oman · 2001