Meteorite group

Ordinary Chondrites

The most abundant chondrites (H, L, and LL types), from stony asteroids.

Meteorite group

Overview

By far the most common meteorites to fall, these stony chondrites come from ordinary silicate asteroids in the inner belt.

2 modelled meteorites.

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
Peekskillfall
An ordinary chondrite whose 1992 fall was videotaped as a brilliant fireball across the eastern United States before it struck and damaged a parked car in Peekskill, New York.
ClassH6 ordinary chondriteCountryUnited StatesDate1992-10-09

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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