St. Louis meteorite
St. Louis is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H4, that was seen to fall in the United States in 1950. A total of 1 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
- St. Louis
- Classification
- H4
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1950
- Mass recovered
- 1 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 38.7000° N, 90.2333° W
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 St. Louis
- Tilden L6 · 73 km away
- Warrenton CO3.7 · 80 km away
- St. Genevieve County Iron, IIIF · 82 km away
- Benld H6 · 103 km away
- St. Francois County Iron, IC · 108 km away
- Perryville Iron, IIC · 113 km away
Other H meteorites
- Allan Hills 82133 Antarctica · 1982
- Lewis Cliff 86529 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 82184 Antarctica · 1982
- Grove Mountains 022527 Antarctica · 2003
- Weikengquan China · 2006
- Dhofar 678 Oman · 2001