Bacubirito
A find, recorded in 1863 in Mexico · 22 tonnes recovered · Iron, ungrouped
Bacubirito ranks ninth by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 75 complete find records in Mexico, it is the second-heaviest. Only one observed fall recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 26.200° N, 107.833° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Ceniceros, 261 km to the east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1988). In 1863, the year Bacubirito entered the record, six meteorites were seen to fall: Pillistfer in Estonia, Tourinnes-la-Grosse in Belgium, Buschhof in Romania and three others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceniceros | 1988 | L3.7 | 1 kg | 261 km east |
| 2 | Allende | 1969 | CV3 | 2 tonnes | 264 km east |
| 3 | Avilez | 1855 | H | 146 g | 455 km east |
| 4 | Nuevo Mercurio | 1978 | H5 | 50 kg | 611 km east |
| 5 | Peña Blanca Spring | 1946 | Aubrite | 70 kg | 636 km north-east |
Bacubirito among other finds
In the record, 93 finds carry the label Iron, ungrouped, against four observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron, ungrouped) is N'Goureyma, 10,626 km away in Mali, one of four such falls. Among the other giant finds, Morito lies closest: 257 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Mundrabilla (24 tonnes) and Mbosi (16 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chupaderos | Iron, IIIAB | 1852 | 24 tonnes |
| 2 | Bacubirito | Iron, ungrouped | 1863 | 22 tonnes |
| 3 | Morito | Iron, IIIAB | 1600 | 10 tonnes |