Odessa (iron)
A find, recorded in 1922 in the United States · 1.6 tonnes recovered · Iron, IAB-MG
Odessa (iron) ranks 34th 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
- 31.717° N, 102.400° W
Rings every 100 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Monahans (1998), 45 km to the west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1998). In 1922, the year Odessa (iron) entered the record, six meteorites were seen to fall: Tjerebon in Indonesia, Florence in the United States, Hedeskoga in Sweden and three others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monahans (1998) | 1998 | H5 | 2.6 kg | 45 km west |
| 2 | Malaga | 1933 | Ordinary chondrite | 150 g | 161 km west |
| 3 | Peña Blanca Spring | 1946 | Aubrite | 70 kg | 190 km south |
| 4 | Portales Valley | 1998 | H6 | 71 kg | 286 km north |
| 5 | Richland Springs | 1980 | Ordinary chondrite | 1.9 kg | 323 km east |
Odessa (iron) 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 Mazapil, 785 km away in Mexico, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Coahuila lies closest: 337 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Gebel Kamil (1.6 tonnes) and Casas Grandes (1.5 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Navajo | Iron, IIAB | 1921 | 2.2 tonnes |
| 6 | Odessa (iron) | Iron, IAB-MG | 1922 | 1.6 tonnes |
| 7 | Quinn Canyon | Iron, IIIAB | 1908 | 1.4 tonnes |