Millbillillie
Seen to fall in 1960 in Australia · 330 kg recovered · Eucrite-mmict
Millbillillie has the 11th-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the 15 falls recorded in Australia, and of the 18 Eucrite-mmict falls.
- Recorded position
- 26.450° S, 120.367° E
The map is centred on Millbillillie. Rings every 1,000 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Millbillillie is Wiluna, 16 km to the south. Wiluna came down only 16 km to the south, in 1967. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiluna | 1967 | H5 | 150 kg | 16 km south |
| 2 | Woolgorong | 1960 | L6 | 36 kg | 471 km west |
| 3 | Binningup | 1984 | H5 | 488 g | 872 km south-west |
| 4 | Bunburra Rockhole | 2007 | Eucrite | 324 g | 1,017 km south-east |
| 5 | Karoonda | 1930 | CK4 | 42 kg | 2,095 km south-east |
| 6 | Mount Browne | 1902 | H6 | 11 kg | 2,122 km east |
What Eucrite-mmict means
Eucrite-mmict is the label for a eucrite, a basaltic rock from the crust of a melted parent body. The nearest other Eucrite-mmict fall is Emmaville in Australia, 3,078 km away. In date order among Eucrite-mmict falls, the one before Millbillillie is Ibitira (1957, Brazil) and the one after is Piplia Kalan (1996, India).
Millbillillie in Australia’s record
In date order Millbillillie is number 9 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 15 falls recorded in Australia, which run from 1879 to 2007. The fall recorded before Millbillillie in Australia is Forest Vale (1942); the next is Woolgorong (1960).
The 1960s
Millbillillie is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1960: Bruderheim in Canada, Soheria in India.