Murnpeowie
A find, recorded in 1909 in Australia · 1.1 tonnes recovered · Iron, IC
Murnpeowie ranks 45th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Only three observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 29.583° S, 139.900° E
Rings every 500 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Mount Browne, 176 km to the east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1902). In 1909, the year Murnpeowie entered the record, two meteorites were seen to fall: Gifu in Japan, Blanket in the United States.
Murnpeowie among other finds
In the record, nine finds carry the label Iron, IC, and no observed fall does. No observed fall in the record belongs to the iron IC group. Among the other giant finds, Henbury lies closest: 869 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Goose Lake (1.2 tonnes) and Fukang (1 tonne).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Henbury | Iron, IIIAB | 1931 | 2 tonnes |
| 6 | Murnpeowie | Iron, IC | 1909 | 1.1 tonnes |
| 7 | Wolf Creek | Iron, IIIAB | 1947 | 760 kg |