Tsukuba meteorite
Tsukuba is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as H5-6, that was seen to fall in Japan in 1996. A total of 800 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
- Tsukuba
- Classification
- H5-6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- H
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1996
- Mass recovered
- 800 g
- Country
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 36.0633° N, 140.1450° 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 Tsukuba
- Kamiomi H5 · 17 km away
- Koshigaya Astronomical Phenomenon · 37 km away
- Shibayama L6 · 41 km away
- Narashino Unclassified · 43 km away
- Komagome Iron · 51 km away
- Sayama CM2 · 71 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