Tres Castillos meteorite
Tres Castillos is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, ungrouped, that was found in Mexico in 1992. A total of 150 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Tres Castillos
- Classification
- Iron, ungrouped
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Ungrouped
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1992
- Mass recovered
- 150 kg
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 29.4700° N, 105.8000° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Ungrouped irons.
Meteorites near Tres Castillos
- Aldama (a) Iron, IIIAB · 71 km away
- Chihuahua City Iron, IC · 94 km away
- Tarahumara Iron, IIE · 116 km away
- Juanita de Angeles H5 · 136 km away
- Ahumada Pallasite, PMG · 140 km away
- Buenaventura Iron, IIIAB · 173 km away
Other Ungrouped meteorites
- Santiago Papasquiero Mexico · 1958
- Morradal Norway · 1892
- Gebel Kamil Egypt · 2009
- Zacatecas (1792) Mexico · 1792
- Northwest Africa 6166 · 2005
- La Caille France · 1828