Old Woman
A find, recorded in 1976 in the United States · 2.8 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIAB
Old Woman ranks 24th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 1,503 complete find records in the United States, it is the fourth-heaviest. Only two observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 34.467° N, 115.233° W
Rings every 250 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
San Juan Capistrano, 249 km to the south-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1973). In 1976, the year Old Woman entered the record, 10 meteorites were seen to fall: Jilin in China, Dhajala in India, Zhuanghe in China and seven others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Juan Capistrano | 1973 | H6 | 56 g | 249 km south-west |
| 2 | Holbrook | 1912 | L/LL6 | 220 kg | 464 km east |
| 3 | Whetstone Mountains | 2009 | H5 | 2.1 kg | 526 km south-east |
| 4 | Red Canyon Lake | 2007 | H5 | 18 g | 575 km north-west |
| 5 | Sutter's Mill | 2012 | C | 993 g | 699 km north-west |
Old Woman among other finds
In the record, 101 finds carry the label Iron, IIAB, against six observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIAB) is Sikhote-Alin, 8,648 km away in Russia, one of six such falls. Among the other giant finds, Canyon Diablo lies closest: 389 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Yingde (3 tonnes) and Wabar (2.5 tonnes).