Falls by year · The 1920s

Meteorite falls of 1928

6 meteorites in the catalogue are recorded as witnessed falls in 1928, in 6 countries. The largest recovered mass is Naoki, at 17 kg.

What fell in 1928

MeteoriteCountryClassMass recovered
IsthilartArgentinaH53.05 kg
NaokiIndiaH617 kg
NarellanAustraliaL6368 g
OterøyNorwayL6246 g
UtzenstorfSwitzerlandH53.42 kg
YoshikiJapanStone-uncl0.1 g

A witnessed fall is a meteorite seen or heard coming down and then picked up, as opposed to a find, which is discovered later with no record of its arrival. The mass is the total recovered, often from many pieces.