Bondoc
A find, recorded in 1956 in the Philippines · 889 kg recovered · Mesosiderite-B4
Bondoc ranks 54th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the only find with a complete record in the Philippines. Only five observed falls recovered more.
- Recorded position
- 13.517° N, 122.450° E
Rings every 500 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Calivo, 197 km to the south, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1916). In 1956, the year Bondoc entered the record, eight meteorites were seen to fall: Paranaiba in Brazil, Nadiabondi in Burkina Faso, Idutywa in South Africa and five others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calivo | 1916 | Unclassified stone | 2.4 kg | 197 km south |
| 2 | Pampanga | 1859 | L5 | 11 kg | 257 km north-west |
| 3 | Paitan | 1910 | H6 | 515 g | 516 km north-west |
| 4 | Pantar | 1938 | H5 | 2.1 kg | 638 km south |
| 5 | Yangchiang | 1954 | H5 | 20 kg | 1,455 km north-west |
Bondoc among other finds
In the record, three finds carry the label Mesosiderite-B4, and no observed fall does. The closest fall of the same group (mesosiderite) is Patwar, 3,461 km away in Bangladesh, one of seven such falls. Among the other giant finds, Yingde lies closest: 1,521 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Zhigansk (900 kg) and Santa Rosa (825 kg).