Recent Falls
Meteorites recovered from twenty-first-century falls, several traced to their orbits by camera networks.
- Winchcombefall
A carbonaceous chondrite whose 2021 fall was captured by camera networks, allowing its orbit to be traced and the sample to be recovered within days — one of the most pristine falls ever studied.
ClassCM2 carbonaceous chondriteCountryUnited KingdomDate2021-02-28 - Aguas Zarcasfall
A CM2 carbonaceous chondrite that fell in 2019, rapidly recovered and rich in organic compounds — sometimes called a 'second Murchison'.
ClassCM2 carbonaceous chondriteCountryCosta RicaDate2019-04-23 - Chelyabinskfall
The recovered stones from the 2013 Chelyabinsk airburst, an ordinary chondrite whose spectacular entry — filmed by countless dashcams — was the most damaging meteor event in modern history.
ClassLL5 ordinary chondriteCountryRussiaDate2013-02-15 - Tagish Lakefall
An exceptionally pristine carbonaceous meteorite recovered frozen from a lake in 2000, preserving organic material with minimal terrestrial contamination.
ClassC2 (ungrouped) carbonaceous chondriteCountryCanadaDate2000-01-18