The 20 Largest Meteorites

Explore the dataset and look for patterns in the largest meteorites.

The Dataset

The table below contains the 20 largest meteorites in the dataset, sorted from largest to smallest by mass.

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Name Mass (kg) Classification Status Year Latitude Longitude
Hoba 60000 Iron, IVB Found 1920 -19.58333 17.91667
Cape York 58200 Iron, IIIAB Found 1818 76.13333 -64.93333
Campo del Cielo 50000 Iron, IAB-MG Found 1575 -27.46667 -60.58333
Canyon Diablo 30000 Iron, IAB-MG Found 1891 35.05 -111.03333
Armanty 28000 Iron, IIIE Found 1898 47.0 88.0
Gibeon 26000 Iron, IVA Found 1836 -25.5 18.0
Chupaderos 24300 Iron, IIIAB Found 1852 27.0 -105.1
Mundrabilla 24000 Iron, IAB-ung Found 1911 -30.78333 127.55
Sikhote-Alin 23000 Iron, IIAB Fell 1947 46.16 134.65333
Bacubirito 22000 Iron, ungrouped Found 1863 26.2 -107.83333
Mbosi 16000 Iron, ungrouped Found 1930 -9.11667 33.06667
Willamette 15500 Iron, IIIAB Found 1902 45.36667 -122.58333
Morito 10100 Iron, IIIAB Found 1600 27.05 -105.43333
Nantan 9500 Iron, IAB-MG Found 1958 25.1 107.7
Cranbourne 8600 Iron, IAB-MG Found 1854 -38.1 145.3
Santa Catharina 7000 Iron, IAB-ung Found 1875 -26.21667 -48.6
Bendegó 5360 Iron, IC Found 1784 -10.11667 -39.2
Brenham 4300 Pallasite, PMG-an Found 1882 37.5825 -99.16361
Jilin 4000 H5 Fell 1976 44.05 126.16667
Vaca Muerta 3828 Mesosiderite-A1 Found 1861 -25.75 -70.5