Sterlitamak meteorite
Sterlitamak is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was seen to fall in Russia in 1990. A total of 325 kg was recovered. Witnessed falls are rare and especially valuable to science, because the stones are collected before Earth's weather can change them.
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Where it fell
Key facts
- Name
- Sterlitamak
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1990
- Mass recovered
- 325 kg
- Country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 53.6667° N, 55.9833° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Sterlitamak
- Isheyevo CH/CBb · 24 km away
- Krasnyi Klyuch H5 · 74 km away
- Souslovo L4 · 196 km away
- Muslyumovo H4 · 256 km away
- Kainsaz CO3.2 · 264 km away
- Ilinskaya Stanitza Iron, IIIAB · 287 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Chulafinnee United States · 1873
- Juncal Chile · 1866
- Meteorite Hills 00859 Antarctica · 2000
- Schwetz Poland · 1850
- Angelica United States · 1916
- Dunganville New Zealand · 1976
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