Chupaderos
A find, recorded in 1852 in Mexico · 24 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Chupaderos ranks seventh by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). No other find recorded in Mexico is heavier; 75 finds there have complete records. Chupaderos outweighs every observed fall: the heaviest, Sikhote-Alin, recovered 23 tonnes.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 27.000° N, 105.100° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Allende, 22 km to the west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1969). In 1852, the year Chupaderos entered the record, four meteorites were seen to fall: Mezö-Madaras in Romania, Yatoor in India, Borkut in Ukraine and one other.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allende | 1969 | CV3 | 2 tonnes | 22 km west |
| 2 | Ceniceros | 1988 | L3.7 | 1 kg | 61 km south |
| 3 | Avilez | 1855 | H | 146 g | 274 km south-east |
| 4 | Peña Blanca Spring | 1946 | Aubrite | 70 kg | 398 km north-east |
| 5 | Nuevo Mercurio | 1978 | H5 | 50 kg | 423 km south-east |
Chupaderos among other finds
In the record, 256 finds carry the label Iron, IIIAB, against 10 observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIIAB) is Cabin Creek, 1,450 km away in the United States, one of 11 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Morito lies closest: 33 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Gibeon (26 tonnes) and Mundrabilla (24 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chupaderos | Iron, IIIAB | 1852 | 24 tonnes |
| 2 | Bacubirito | Iron, ungrouped | 1863 | 22 tonnes |