Cranbourne
A find, recorded in 1854 in Australia · 8.6 tonnes recovered · Iron, IAB-MG
Cranbourne ranks 14th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 618 complete find records in Australia, it is the second-heaviest. Only one observed fall recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 38.100° S, 145.300° E
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Murchison, 165 km to the north, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1969). In 1854, the year Cranbourne entered the record, one meteorite was seen to fall: Linum in Germany.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison | 1969 | CM2 | 100 kg | 165 km north |
| 2 | Moorleah | 1930 | L6 | 8.9 kg | 321 km south |
| 3 | Forest Vale | 1942 | H4 | 26 kg | 547 km north |
| 4 | Karoonda | 1930 | CK4 | 42 kg | 586 km north-west |
| 5 | Narellan | 1928 | L6 | 368 g | 661 km north-east |
Cranbourne among other finds
In the record, 72 finds carry the label Iron, IAB-MG, against one observed fall. The closest fall of the same group (iron IAB) is Muzaffarpur, 9,472 km away in India, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Murnpeowie lies closest: 1,070 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Nantan (9.5 tonnes) and Santa Catharina (7 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mundrabilla | Iron, IAB-ung | 1911 | 24 tonnes |
| 2 | Cranbourne | Iron, IAB-MG | 1854 | 8.6 tonnes |
| 3 | Youndegin | Iron, IAB-MG | 1884 | 3.8 tonnes |