Acapulco
Seen to fall in 1976 in Mexico · 1.9 kg recovered · Acapulcoite
Acapulco is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Acapulcoite. It is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 16.883° N, 99.900° W
The map is centred on Acapulco. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Acapulco is San Pedro Jacuaro, 330 km to the north. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Acapulco.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Jacuaro | 1968 | LL6 | 460 g | 330 km north |
| 2 | Rancho de la Presa | 1899 | H5 | 300 g | 346 km north |
| 3 | La Charca | 1878 | Ordinary chondrite | 399 g | 445 km north |
| 4 | Pacula | 1881 | L6 | 3.4 kg | 468 km north |
| 5 | Silao | 1995 | H5 | 1.7 kg | 477 km north |
| 6 | El Tigre | 1993 | L6 | 5 kg | 478 km north-west |
What Acapulcoite means
Acapulcoite is the label for an acapulcoite, a primitive achondrite that only partly melted.
Acapulco in Mexico’s record
In date order Acapulco is number 14 of the 19 falls recorded in Mexico, which run from 1804 to 1995. By recovered mass Acapulco comes eighth of 19 there. The fall recorded before Acapulco in Mexico is Tuxtuac (1975); the next is El Paso de Aguila (1977).
The 1970s
Acapulco is one of 57 falls dated to the 1970s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1976, among them Jilin in China, Dhajala in India, Zhuanghe in China.