Ijopega
Seen to fall in 1975 in Papua New Guinea · 7.3 kg recovered · H6
Ijopega is the heaviest of the two falls recorded in Papua New Guinea. It has no other recorded fall within 710 km; only 14 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 6.033° S, 145.367° E
The map is centred on Ijopega. Rings every 1,000 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Ijopega is Dyarrl Island, 710 km to the north-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Ijopega.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dyarrl Island | 1933 | Mesosiderite-A1 | 188 g | 710 km north-east |
| 2 | Rockhampton | 1895 | Unclassified stone | 1.6 kg | 2,006 km south |
| 3 | Tenham | 1879 | L6 | 160 kg | 2,206 km south |
| 4 | Mount Browne | 1902 | H6 | 11 kg | 2,671 km south |
| 5 | Emmaville | 1900 | Eucrite-mmict | 127 g | 2,687 km south |
| 6 | Nassirah | 1936 | H4 | 347 g | 2,814 km south-east |
What H6 means
H6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Ijopega ranks 25th of the 91 H6 falls. The nearest other H6 fall is Mount Browne in Australia, 2,671 km away. In date order among H6 falls, the one before Ijopega is Naragh (1974, Iran) and the one after is Xingyang (1977, China).
Ijopega in Papua New Guinea’s record
Papua New Guinea has one other recorded fall: Dyarrl Island, in 1933.
The 1970s
Ijopega is one of 57 falls dated to the 1970s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1975: Tuxtuac in Mexico, Ningbo in China, Tambakwatu in Indonesia.