Yingde
A find, recorded in 1964 in China · 3 tonnes recovered · Iron, IVA
Yingde ranks 21st by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 33 complete find records in China, it is the fourth-heaviest. Only two observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 24.200° N, 113.400° E
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Yanzhuang, 88 km to the north-east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1990). In 1964, the year Yingde entered the record, six meteorites were seen to fall: Granes in France, Chernyi Bor in Belarus, Çanakkale in Turkey and three others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanzhuang | 1990 | H6 | 3.5 kg | 88 km north-east |
| 2 | Yangchiang | 1954 | H5 | 20 kg | 308 km south-west |
| 3 | Changde | 1977 | H5 | 1.8 kg | 567 km north |
| 4 | Yukan | 1931 | LL6 | 4.8 kg | 596 km north-east |
| 5 | Chadong | 1998 | L6 | 3.7 kg | 630 km north-west |
Yingde among other finds
In the record, 56 finds carry the label Iron, IVA, against four observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IVA) is Ningbo, 1,018 km away in China, one of four such falls. Among the other giant finds, Zhaoping lies closest: 225 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Xifu (3 tonnes) and Old Woman (2.8 tonnes).