Valdinoce meteorite
Valdinoce is a meteorite, officially classified as Stone-uncl, that was seen to fall in Italy in 1495. 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
- Valdinoce
- Classification
- Stone-uncl
- Type
- Unclassified · Unclassified
- Group
- Stone-uncl
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1495
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 44.0667° N, 12.1000° E
What is an unclassified?
The published class is missing or too broad to place in the four main divisions. All meteorite types.
Meteorites near Valdinoce
- Piancaldoli LL3.4 · 52 km away
- Castenaso L5 · 76 km away
- San Michele L6 · 85 km away
- Castel Berardenga Stone-uncl · 93 km away
- Renazzo CR2 · 101 km away
- Vigarano CV3 · 103 km away
Other Stone-uncl meteorites
- Rockhampton Australia · 1895
- Jiapigou China · 1880
- Yamato 790360 Antarctica · 1979
- Pettiswood Ireland · 1779
- Dunhua China · 1976
- Stolzenau Germany · 1647