Tyumen meteorite
Tyumen is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was seen to fall in Russia in 1903. A total of 750 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
- Tyumen
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1903
- Mass recovered
- 750 g
- Country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 57.1667° N, 65.5333° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Tyumen
- Ural OC · 155 km away
- Mokrousovo L/LL4/5 · 158 km away
- Kargapole H4 · 162 km away
- Pesyanoe Aubrite · 188 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Wei-hui-fu (a) · 1931
- Patti Italy · 1922
- Lewis Cliff 88677 Antarctica · 1988
- Guadaloupe County United States · 1950
- Coldwater (iron) United States · 1923
- Xiquipilco no. 2 · 1949