On this day
370 anniversaries through the year: the days meteorites fell, the discoveries that built the science, the launches and landings of space missions, the comets that came and went, and the birthdays of the people involved.
Choose a month below to see every date.
January
3 January 1970: Lost City: a fall caught on camera
27 datesFebruary
5 February 1977: Innisfree: Canada's camera network succeeds
34 datesMarch
5 March 1960: The Gao-Guenie meteorite falls in Burkina Faso
20 datesApril
5 April 1942: The Kapoeta meteorite falls in South Sudan
25 datesMay
7 May 1991: The Benešov meteorite falls in the Czech Republic
24 datesJune
2 June 2018: 2018 LA: a piece of Vesta over Botswana
39 datesJuly
11 July 1868: Ornans gives its name to a group
25 datesAugust
14 August 1992: Mbale: a shower of stones in Uganda
45 datesSeptember
10 September 1813: Stones fall near Limerick
34 datesOctober
3 October 1815: The Chassigny meteorite falls in France
32 datesNovember
7 November 1492: The thunderstone of Ensisheim
38 datesDecember
3 December 1917: A shower of stones over Strathmore
What is included
Each entry has an exact date from the records. Falls are the days meteorites were seen to land; where only the year or month of a fall is known, it is left out. Dates near midnight can differ by a day between time zones; the dates given are the ones usually recorded. Births are given for the scientists and explorers who have their own page in the people of meteoritics.