Bilibino
A find, recorded in 1981 in Russia · 1 tonne recovered · Iron, IIAB
Bilibino ranks 48th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 82 complete find records in Russia, it is the second-heaviest. Only five observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 67.300° N, 160.800° E
Rings every 1,000 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Omolon, 368 km to the south, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1981). In 1981, the year Bilibino entered the record, seven meteorites were seen to fall: Omolon in Russia, Machinga in Malawi, Akyumak in Turkey and four others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omolon | 1981 | Pallasite, PMG | 250 kg | 368 km south |
| 2 | Undulung | 1986 | L4 | 113 g | 1,566 km west |
| 3 | Sikhote-Alin | 1947 | Iron, IIAB | 23 tonnes | 2,794 km south-west |
| 4 | Numakai | 1925 | H4 | 363 g | 2,894 km south-west |
| 5 | Sungach | 1935 | H5 | 637 g | 2,972 km south-west |
Bilibino among other finds
In the record, 101 finds carry the label Iron, IIAB, against six observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIAB) is Sikhote-Alin, 2,794 km away in Russia, one of six such falls. Among the other giant finds, Zhigansk lies closest: 1,361 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Fukang (1 tonne) and Zacatecas (1792) (1 tonne).