Tagish Lake meteorite
Tagish Lake is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, officially classified as C2-ung, that was seen to fall in Canada in 2000. A total of 10 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
- Tagish Lake
- Classification
- C2-ung
- Type
- Chondrite · Carbonaceous
- Group
- C
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 2000
- Mass recovered
- 10 kg
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 59.7044° N, 134.2014° W
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about Carbonaceous chondrites.
Meteorites near Tagish Lake
- Chilkoot Iron, IIIAB · 110 km away
Other C meteorites
- Yamato 86773 Antarctica · 1986
- Ningqiang China · 1983
- Dar al Gani 056 Libya · 1995
- Yamato 82162 Antarctica · 1982
- Grosvenor Mountains 95566 Antarctica · 1995
- Adelaide · 1972