The Bacubirito meteorite is the largest meteorite found in Mexico, the third largest in the Americas and the sixth largest in the world.[1] Found in 1863 by the geologist Gilbert Ellis Bailey[4] in the village of Ranchito near the town of Sinaloa de Leyva, it is an iron meteorite weighing between 20[1] and 22[2] tonnes. It measures 4.25 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1.75 meters high.[1]
| Bacubirito | |
|---|---|
 The Bacubirito meteorite at the Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa | |
| Type | Iron |
| Composition | 88.94% Fe, 6.98% Ni, 0.21% Co, 0.005% S, 0.154% P, trace SiO2.[1] |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region | Sinaloa |
| Coordinates | 26°12′N 107°50′W / 26.200°N 107.833°W |
| Found date | 1863[2][3] |
| Alternative names | Sinaloa, Ranchito |
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In 1959 the meteorite was moved from its original site to the Centro Cívico Constitución, in Culiacán. In 1992 it was again moved to the Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, where it is currently on display.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Meteorito de Bacubirito es el quinto más grande Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine", noroeste.com, accessed 2014-06-15
- ^ a b Bacubirito, Meteoritical Society, accessed 2014-06-15
- ^ Gerardo Sánchez Rubio (contrib.), Las Meteoritas de México, pub. UNAM, 2001, ISBN 9683693598, p.37, accessed on Google Books 2014-06-15
- ^ "Top 5 meteoritos" Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, National Geographic, accessed 2014-06-15
Bibliography
editThe great Bacubirito meteorite (J. British Astron. Assoc. 83, 380-382, 1973)
