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Meteorite fall

A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space, that was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". As of July 2026, the Meteoritical Bulletin Database listed 1,278 observed falls of approved meteorites, most of which have specimens in modern collections.

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Significance

Largest falls

Observation methods

Historic records of meteors and meteorites

Beginning of scientific meteorite research

Historic falls (861 – 1794)

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related to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron masses · 19
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related to Meteorite of Aegospotami · 17
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related to Statistics · 15
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related to Significance · 9
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related to Historic falls (861 – 1794) · 8
Meteorite fall → April, Chladni, Ensisheim, Hraschina, Meteoritical Bulletin Database, Meteoritical Society, Nōgata, The
related to Video cameras · 8
Meteorite fall → Accidental, Great Daylight Fireball, Innisfree, Lost City, Peekskill, Přibram, Rocky Mountains, The
related to Recent falls (since 1959) · 5
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see also · 1
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based on meteorite classificationinstance ofThere is also detailed statistics on falls0.80text
eyewitness accountsinstance ofThis allows people searching for meteorites to focus their search efforts more efficiently than by relying only on traditional methods0.80text
recordings from security camerasinstance ofThis allows people searching for meteorites to focus their search efforts more efficiently than by relying only on traditional methods0.80text
other video sourcesinstance ofThis allows people searching for meteorites to focus their search efforts more efficiently than by relying only on traditional methods0.80text
Worden in 1997 or Indian Butte in 1998.Most of the radar detections of meteorite falls have occurred in the United Statesinstance ofArchived radar data has also been used retrospectively to identify radar signals of falling fragments for earlier meteorite falls0.80text
where the data produced by the NEXRAD system is publicly available online almost in real timeinstance ofArchived radar data has also been used retrospectively to identify radar signals of falling fragments for earlier meteorite falls0.80text
archived since the introduction of the system in the 1990sinstance ofArchived radar data has also been used retrospectively to identify radar signals of falling fragments for earlier meteorite falls0.80text
Meteorite fallrelated to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron massesIn April0.60section
Meteorite fallrelated to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron massesGerman0.60section
Meteorite fallrelated to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron massesErnst Chladni0.60section
Meteorite fallrelated to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron massesOn0.60section
Meteorite fallrelated to Ernst Chladni's book on the origin of iron massesOrigin0.60section

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