Jinju meteorites found after a fireball over South Korea
- When
- Where
- Jinju, South Korea
- Sources
- 3 public sources
A fireball with a sonic boom was seen over South Korea on the evening of March 9, 2014. Stones of about 9 and 4 kg turned up in Jinju farm fields over the next two days, and the Korea Polar Research Institute confirmed them as ordinary chondrite meteorites.
Sources
- OfficialMajor elements and noble gases of the Jinju (H5) meteorite (repository record) (opens in a new tab)
- PressMeteorites' ownership remains uncertain (opens in a new tab)
- OtherMajor elements and noble gases of the Jinju (H5) meteorite, an observed fall on March 9, 2014, in South Korea (opens in a new tab)