List of largest meteorites on Earth explained

This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces.

The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.

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N°	Meteorite name	Found year	Region/Country	Coordinates	Group	Classification		Image
1	Hoba	1920	Grootfontein, Namibia	-19.5925°N 17.9336°W	Ataxite	IVB	60000kg (130,000lb)
2	Cape York (Ahnighito)	1894	Meteorite Island, Greenland	76.0597°N -64.9222°W^[3]	Octahedrite	IIIAB	30880kg (68,080lb)
3	Campo del Cielo (Gancedo)^[4]	2016	Chaco, Argentina	-27.6169°N -61.6394°W^[5]	Octahedrite	IAB	30800kg (67,900lb)
4	Campo del Cielo (El Chaco)	1969	Chaco, Argentina	-27.6103°N -61.6814°W	Octahedrite	IAB	28840kg (63,580lb)
5	Aletai (Armanty)^[6]	1898	Xinjiang, China	45.8711°N 90.5047°W	Octahedrite	IIIE-an	28000kg (62,000lb)
6	Aletai (WuQilike)^[7]	2021	Xinjiang, China	48.0381°N 88.3842°W	Octahedrite	IIIE-an	23000kg (51,000lb)
7	Bacubirito	1863	Sinaloa, Mexico	26.2°N -157°W	Octahedrite	UNG	22000kg (49,000lb)
8	Cape York (Agpalilik)	1963	Nordgrønland, Greenland	76.15°N -75°W^[8]	Octahedrite	IIIAB	20140kg (44,400lb)
9	Aletai (Akebulake)	2011	Xinjiang, China	48.1042°N 88.2761°W	Octahedrite	IIIE-an	18000kg (40,000lb)
10	Mbosi	1930	Mbeya, Tanzania	-9.1078°N 33.0375°W	Octahedrite	UNG	16000kg (35,000lb)
11	El Ali^[9]	2020	Hiran, Somalia	4.2881°N 44.8983°W	Octahedrite	IAB Complex	15150kg (33,400lb)
12	Campo del Cielo (La Sorpresa)^[10]	2005	Chaco, Argentina	-27.6383°N -61.7011°W^[11]	Octahedrite	IAB	14850kg (32,740lb)^[12]
13	Willamette	1902	Oregon, United States	45.3667°N -157°W	Octahedrite	IIIAB	14150kg (31,200lb)
14	Chupaderos I	1852	Chihuahua, Mexico	27°N -111°W	Octahedrite	IIIAB	14114kg (31,116lb)
15	Mundrabilla I	1911	Western Australia, Australia	-30.7833°N 160°W	Octahedrite	IAB	12400kg (27,300lb)
16	Morito	1600	Chihuahua, Mexico	27.05°N -131°W	Octahedrite	IIIAB	10100kg (22,300lb)
17	Santa Catharina	1875	Santa Catarina, Brazil	-26.2167°N -84°W	Ataxite	IAB	7000kg (15,000lb)
18	Chupaderos II	1852	Chihuahua, Mexico	27°N -111°W	Octahedrite	IIIAB	6770kg (14,930lb)
19	Mundrabilla II	1911	Western Australia, Australia	-30.7833°N 160°W	Octahedrite	IAB	6100kg (13,400lb)
20	Bendegó	1784	Bahia, Brazil	-10.1169°N -39.2614°W	Octahedrite	IC	5260kg (11,600lb)

Stony-Iron

N°	Meteorite name	Found year	Region/Country	Coordinates	Group	Classification		Fall observed	Image
1	Seymchan	1967	Magadan Oblast, Russia	62.9°N 152.43°W	Pallasite	PMG	20000kg (40,000lb)^[13]
2	Brenham	1882	Kansas, United States	37.5825°N -99.1636°W	Pallasite	PMG	4300kg (9,500lb)
3	Vaca Muerta	1861	Antofagasta, Chile	-25.75°N -100°W	Mesosiderite	A1	3830kg (8,440lb)
4	Huckitta	1924	Northern Territory, Australia	-22.3667°N 181°W	Pallasite	PMG	2300kg (5,100lb)
5	Fukang	2000	Xinjiang, China	44.43°N 87.63°W	Pallasite	PMG	1003kg (2,211lb)
6	Imilac	1822	Antofagasta, Chile	-24.2033°N -68.8067°W	Pallasite	PMG	920kg (2,030lb)
7	Bondoc	1956	Southern Tagalog, Philippines	13.5167°N 149°W	Mesosiderite	B4	888.6kg (1,959lb)
8	Brahin	1810	Gomel', Belarus	52.5°N 30.33°W	Pallasite	PMG	823kg (1,814lb)
9	Esquel	1951	Chubut, Argentina	-42.9°N -71.33°W	Pallasite	PMG	755kg (1,664lb)
10	Krasnojarsk	1749	Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia	54.9°N 139°W	Pallasite	PMG	700kg (1,500lb)
11	Jepara	2008	Jawa Tengah, Indonesia	-6.6°N 154°W	Pallasite	PMG	499.5kg (1,101.2lb)
12	Estherville	1879	Iowa, United States	43.4167°N -144°W	Mesosiderite	A3/4	320kg (710lb)
13	Omolon	1981	Magadan Oblast, Russia	64.02°N 161.8083°W	Pallasite	PMG	250kg (550lb)
14	Youxi	2006	Fujian, China	23.06°N 118.01°W	Pallasite	PMG	218kg (481lb)
15	Pallasovka	1990	Volgograd Oblast, Russia	49.8667°N 46.6117°W	Pallasite	PMG	198kg (437lb)

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• List of individual rocks

Bibliography

• Book: Buchwald, Vagn F. . Vagn Buchwald . 1975a . Handbook of Iron Meteorites. Their History, Distribution, Composition and Structure . 2: Iron Meteorites: Abakan - Mejillones . . 0-520-02934-8 . 2024-09-12.
• Book: Buchwald, Vagn F. . Vagn Buchwald . 1975b . Handbook of Iron Meteorites. Their History, Distribution, Composition and Structure . 3: Iron Meteorites: Merceditas - Zerhamra. Supplement . . 0-520-02934-8 . 2024-09-12.

External links

• Find Planets in the Sky (continued)
• Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database
• Natural History Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: China meteorite: world's top 10 largest ever meteorites. 27 July 2011 . The Telegraph. 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Meteorite Charts. meteorite.fr. August 12, 2018.
3. Martin . Appelt . Jens Fog . Jensen . Mikkel . Myrup . Henning . Haack . Mikkel . Sørensen . Michelle . Taube . 2015 . The Cultural History of the Innaanganeq/Cape York Meteorite . . 61 . 2024-09-12.
4. Ferrara . Michele . Oct 25, 2016 . The second biggest meteorite discovered . Free Astronomy Magazine . Astro Publishing . November–December 2016 . 10 . 2024-09-04 .
5. Schmalen . A. . Luther . R. . Artemieva . N. . 21 June 2022 . Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: I. Atmospheric entry of the iron meteoroid . subscription . . 57 . 8 . 1496-1518 . 10.1111/maps.13832.
6. Web site: Aletai . 5 September 2024 . Meteoritical Bulletin Database . . 2024-09-10.
7. Li . Ye . etal . 24 June 2022 . A unique stone skipping–like trajectory of asteroid Aletai . . 8 . 25 . 10.1126/sciadv.abm8890 . 2024-09-04. 9232108 .
8. Web site: List of Strewnfield Members of Cape York . 2018-12-27 . Meteoritical Bulletin Database . . 2024-09-07.
9. Web site: El Ali . 5 September 2024 . Meteoritical Bulletin Database . . 2024-09-10.
10. Web site: List of Strewnfield Members of Campo del Cielo . 2018-12-28 . Meteoritical Bulletin Database . . 2024-09-06.
11. Vesconi . Mario A. . etal . 31 May 2011 . Comparison of four meteorite penetration funnels in the Campo del Cielo crater field, Argentina . . 46 . 7 . 935-949 . 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01202.x.
12. Revisiting the Campo Del Cielo, Argentina Crater Field: A New Data Point from a Natural Laboratory of Multiple Low Velocity, Oblique Impacts . Wright . S. P. . etal . 2006 . . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII: papers presented at the thirty-seventh Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 13-17, 2006 . Houston . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII . 70110453.
13. Kichanov . S. E. . etal . October 2018 . A neutron tomography study of the Seymchan pallasite . . 53 . 10 . 2155-2164 . 10.1111/maps.13115.