Tuan Tuc meteorite
Tuan Tuc is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as L6, that was seen to fall in Vietnam in 1921. A total of 13.1 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
- Tuan Tuc
- Classification
- L6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- L
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1921
- Mass recovered
- 13.1 kg
- Country
- Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 9.6667° N, 105.6667° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about L chondrites.
Meteorites near Tuan Tuc
- Pnompehn L6 · 228 km away
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- Lewis Cliff 87252 Antarctica · 1987
- York (stone) United States · 1928
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- Yamato 982106 · 1998
- LaPaz Icefield 04776 · 2004