Youndegin
A find, recorded in 1884 in Australia · 3.8 tonnes recovered · Iron, IAB-MG
Youndegin ranks 19th 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 third-heaviest. Only two observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 32.100° S, 117.717° E
Rings every 500 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Binningup, 224 km to the south-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1984). In 1884, the year Youndegin entered the record, three meteorites were seen to fall: Djati-Pengilon in Indonesia, Tysnes Island in Norway, Pirthalla in India.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binningup | 1984 | H5 | 488 g | 224 km south-west |
| 2 | Woolgorong | 1960 | L6 | 36 kg | 517 km north |
| 3 | Wiluna | 1967 | H5 | 150 kg | 663 km north-east |
| 4 | Millbillillie | 1960 | Eucrite-mmict | 330 kg | 679 km north-east |
| 5 | Bunburra Rockhole | 2007 | Eucrite | 324 g | 1,088 km east |
Youndegin 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 Muzaffarpur, 7,319 km away in India, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Mundrabilla lies closest: 944 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Vaca Muerta (3.8 tonnes) and Al Haggounia 001 (3 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cranbourne | Iron, IAB-MG | 1854 | 8.6 tonnes |
| 3 | Youndegin | Iron, IAB-MG | 1884 | 3.8 tonnes |
| 4 | Huckitta | Pallasite, PMG-an | 1924 | 2.3 tonnes |