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<h2 id="statistics-by-material">Statistics by material</h2> <p>For most meteorite falls, even those that occurred long ago or for which material has never received complete scientific characterization, it is known whether the object was a stone, stony iron, or iron meteorite. Here are the numbers and percentages of each type, based on literature data.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Material</th><th>Number</th><th>%</th></tr><tr><td>Iron meteorites</td><td>49</td><td>2%<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Stony-iron meteorites</td><td>11</td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Stony meteorites</td><td>1042</td><td>94.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>1102</td><td>100.0%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="statistics-by-major-category">Statistics by major category</h2> <p>The traditional way of subdividing meteorites (see <a href="/facts/Meteorites_classification/uwVLazCS">Meteorites classification</a>) is into irons, stony-irons, and two major groups of stony meteorites, <a href="/facts/Chondrite/mbzbGm5A">chondrites</a> and <a href="/facts/Achondrite/X3xuMvue">achondrites</a>. For some of the less-studied stony meteorite falls, it is not known whether the object is chondritic; thus the number of meteorites that can be so grouped is 4% lower than shown above. These numbers are shown in the next table. One could make a slight correction for the undercounting of stony meteorites (e.g., the percentage of irons would decrease by a 0.2%), but this was not done. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Category</th><th>Number</th><th>%</th></tr><tr><td>Irons</td><td>49</td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Stony irons</td><td>11</td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Achondrites</td><td>86</td><td>8.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Chondrites</td><td>915</td><td>86.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>1062</td><td>100.0%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="statistics-by-meteorite-group">Statistics by meteorite group</h2> <p>Probably the most useful statistical breakdown of meteorite falls is by group, which is the fundamental way that meteorites are classified. About 5% of the meteorites in the table just above have not been sufficiently classified to allow them to be put into such groups. Again, a small adjustment could be made to the percentages to correct for this effect, but it does not greatly change the results. Note that a number of meteorite groups are only represented by a small number of falls; the percentages of falls belonging to these groups have a large uncertainty. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Group</th><th>N</th><th>%</th></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Iron meteorites</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IAB_meteorites/89CJldLQ">IAB</a> complex</td><td>10</td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IC</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IIAB</td><td>6</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>IIC</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IID</td><td>3</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>IIE</td><td>2</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>IIF</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>IIG</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IIIAB</td><td>11</td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><td>IIIE</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IIIF</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>IVA</td><td>4</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IVB_meteorites/rWIh1UQ4">IVB</a></td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Ungrouped</td><td>4</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Stony Iron meteorites</td></tr><tr><td>Mesosiderite</td><td>7</td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Pallasite</td><td>4</td><td>0.4%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Group</th><th>N</th><th>%</th></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Achondrites</td></tr><tr><td>Acapulcoite</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Lodranite</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Angrite</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Aubrite</td><td>9</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Diogenite</td><td>11</td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Eucrite</td><td>34</td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Howardite</td><td>16</td><td>1.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Brachinite</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Ureilite</td><td>6</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Winonaite</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Ungrouped</td><td>2</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Lunar</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Martian</td><td>5</td><td>0.5%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Group</th><th>N</th><th>%</th><th>Class total</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Chondrites</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td><td rowspan="9">Carbonaceous:4.4%</td></tr><tr><td>CH</td><td>0</td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td>CI</td><td>5</td><td>0.5%</td></tr><tr><td>CK</td><td>2</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>15</td><td>1.5%</td></tr><tr><td>CO</td><td>6</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>CR</td><td>2</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>CV</td><td>7</td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><td>C ungrouped</td><td>6</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>EH</td><td>8</td><td>0.8%</td><td rowspan="2">Enstatite:1.6%</td></tr><tr><td>EL</td><td>8</td><td>0.8%</td></tr><tr><td>H</td><td>339</td><td>33.8%</td><td rowspan="5">Ordinary:80.0%</td></tr><tr><td>H/L</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>L</td><td>371</td><td>37.0%</td></tr><tr><td>L/LL</td><td>9</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>LL</td><td>82</td><td>8.2%</td></tr><tr><td>R</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td><td rowspan="2">Other:0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>K</td><td>1</td><td>0.1%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Grand Total: 1003 meteorites</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="statistics-by-country">Statistics by country</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>N</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a></td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a></td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Burkina_Faso/L3zPAJwx">Burkina Faso</a></td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Burma</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Chad/KStYoub3">Chad</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a></td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Costa_Rica/baw0GTI1">Costa Rica</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a></td><td>15</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>N</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">DR Congo</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Ecuador/Tdv7czY4">Ecuador</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Ghana/IkUw32Ya">Ghana</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>127</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a></td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a></td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>N</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Malawi/HTj5q7Wc">Malawi</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/New_Caledonia/VI15kA61">New Caledonia</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Niger/hRbX6MkM">Niger</a></td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a></td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Paraguay/sbzfv4Rl">Paraguay</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a></td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Country</th><th>N</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/South_Sudan/DacJpKfT">South Sudan</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Eswatini/Mfz58p4W">Swaziland</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU">Turkmenistan</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>146</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR">Uzbekistan</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Western_Sahara/xAmSkuJl">Western Sahara</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Yemen</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a></td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Grand Total: 1106 meteorites</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="statistics-by-continent-and-time">Statistics by continent and time</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Epoch</th><th>Europe</th><th>Asia</th><th>North America</th><th>Africa</th><th>South America</th><th>Oceania</th><th>Total</th></tr><tr><td>Pre-1400</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>1400s</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>1500s</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>1600s</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>1700s</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>1800–1820</td><td>31</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>1821–1840</td><td>26</td><td>11</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>1841–1860</td><td>42</td><td>15</td><td>12</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>1861–1880</td><td>47</td><td>36</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>1881–1900</td><td>36</td><td>27</td><td>20</td><td>7</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>92</td></tr><tr><td>1901–1920</td><td>27</td><td>55</td><td>21</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>119</td></tr><tr><td>1921–1940</td><td>38</td><td>55</td><td>32</td><td>17</td><td>14</td><td>5</td><td>161</td></tr><tr><td>1941–1960</td><td>27</td><td>27</td><td>18</td><td>31</td><td>12</td><td>3</td><td>118</td></tr><tr><td>1961–1980</td><td>19</td><td>42</td><td>22</td><td>29</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>123</td></tr><tr><td>1981–2000</td><td>12</td><td>49</td><td>19</td><td>24</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>110</td></tr><tr><td>2001-</td><td>11</td><td>15</td><td>12</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>357</td><td>346</td><td>121</td><td>144</td><td>53</td><td>20</td><td>1102</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Glossary_of_meteoritics/TbTPV1Ut">Glossary of meteoritics</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Gritsevich, Maria; Moilanen, Jarmo; Visuri, Jaakko; Meier, Matthias M. M.; Maden, Colin; Oberst, Jürgen; Heinlein, Dieter; Flohrer, Joachim; Castro-Tirado, Alberto J.; Delgado-García, Jorge; Koeberl, Christian; Ferrière, Ludovic; Brandstätter, Franz; Povinec, Pavel P.; Sýkora, Ivan; Schweidler, Florian (2024). "The fireball of November 24, 1970, as the most probable source of the Ischgl meteorite". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 59 (7): 1658–1691. arXiv:2404.11989. Bibcode:2024M&PS...59.1658G. doi:10.1111/maps.14173. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14173" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14173</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Meteoritical Bulletin Database". Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved August 9, 2018. <a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor" target="_blank">http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The NHM Catalogue of Meteorites <a href="http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/metcat//" target="_blank">http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/metcat//</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>MetBase <a href="http://www.metbase.de/" target="_blank">http://www.metbase.de/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Kyrylenko, Ihor; Golubov, Oleksiy; Slyusarev, Ivan; Visuri, Jaakko; Gritsevich, Maria; Krugly, Yurij N.; Belskaya, Irina; Shevchenko, Vasilij G. (2023). "The First Instrumentally Documented Fall of an Iron Meteorite: Orbit and Possible Origin". The Astrophysical Journal. 953 (1): 20. Bibcode:2023ApJ...953...20K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acdc21. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Facdc21" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Facdc21</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Western Sahara is not a country. It is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, partially controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and partially Moroccan-occupied. <a href="/wiki/Maghreb" target="_blank">/wiki/Maghreb</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>