Henbury
A find, recorded in 1931 in Australia · 2 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Henbury ranks 29th 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 fifth-heaviest. Only three observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 24.567° S, 133.167° E
Rings every 500 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Bunburra Rockhole, 849 km to the south-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (2007). In 1931, the year Henbury entered the record, four meteorites were seen to fall: Tatahouine in Tunisia, Yukan in China, Pontlyfni in the United Kingdom and one other.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunburra Rockhole | 2007 | Eucrite | 324 g | 849 km south-west |
| 2 | Tenham | 1879 | L6 | 160 kg | 993 km east |
| 3 | Mount Browne | 1902 | H6 | 11 kg | 1,025 km south-east |
| 4 | Millbillillie | 1960 | Eucrite-mmict | 330 kg | 1,301 km west |
| 5 | Wiluna | 1967 | H5 | 150 kg | 1,307 km west |
Henbury 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 Nyaung, 6,557 km away in Myanmar, one of 11 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Huckitta lies closest: 361 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Campinorte (2 tonnes) and Zhaoping (2 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Huckitta | Pallasite, PMG-an | 1924 | 2.3 tonnes |
| 5 | Henbury | Iron, IIIAB | 1931 | 2 tonnes |
| 6 | Murnpeowie | Iron, IC | 1909 | 1.1 tonnes |