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meteorite-landings

name stringlengths 2 28	id int64 1 57.5k	nametype stringclasses 2 values	recclass stringclasses 466 values	fall stringclasses 2 values	mass float64 0 60M ⌀	year timestamp[ns]date 1688-01-01 00:00:00 2013-01-01 00:00:00 ⌀	reclat float64 -87.37 81.2 ⌀	reclong float64 -165.43 178 ⌀	mass_kg float64 0 60k ⌀
Northwest Africa 7837	57,268	Valid	Achondrite-ung	Found	45.8	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.046
Northwest Africa 7871	57,426	Valid	L4/5	Found	317	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.317
Northwest Africa 7826	57,258	Valid	Angrite	Found	46.2	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.046
Northwest Africa 7858	57,420	Valid	H4	Found	916	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.916
Northwest Africa 7860	57,421	Valid	LL6	Found	517	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.517
Northwest Africa 7861	57,422	Valid	LL6	Found	246	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.246
Northwest Africa 7862	57,423	Valid	H4	Found	459	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.459
Northwest Africa 7870	57,425	Valid	L5	Found	611	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.611
Northwest Africa 7758	57,166	Valid	Martian (shergottite)	Found	30	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.03
Northwest Africa 7873	57,427	Valid	LL5	Found	1,000	2013-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1
Chelyabinsk	57,165	Valid	LL5	Fell	100,000	2013-01-01T00:00:00	54.81667	61.11667	100
Northwest Africa 7749	56,766	Valid	LL6	Found	15	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.015
Northwest Africa 7740	56,761	Valid	L6	Found	868	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.868
Northwest Africa 7741	57,271	Valid	L3	Found	140	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.14
Northwest Africa 7743	56,762	Valid	H4	Found	32	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.032
Northwest Africa 7744	56,763	Valid	H6	Found	70	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.07
Northwest Africa 7745	56,764	Valid	H4	Found	112	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.112
Northwest Africa 7480	56,281	Valid	L3.9	Found	616.18	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.616
Northwest Africa 7747	57,272	Valid	L3	Found	150	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.15
Northwest Africa 7748	57,273	Valid	LL3	Found	250	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.25
Northwest Africa 775	57,274	Valid	Eucrite-pmict	Found	70	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.07
Northwest Africa 7739	56,759	Valid	LL6	Found	490	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.49
Northwest Africa 7750	56,767	Valid	LL4-6	Found	300	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.3
Northwest Africa 7751	57,275	Valid	Ureilite	Found	25	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.025
Northwest Africa 7753	57,276	Valid	Ureilite	Found	10	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.01
Northwest Africa 7479	56,136	Valid	L6	Found	562.32	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.562
Northwest Africa 7478	56,132	Valid	Martian (basaltic breccia)	Found	80.2	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.08
Northwest Africa 7477	56,120	Valid	L6	Found	400.19	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.4
Northwest Africa 7757	57,289	Valid	CK5	Found	305	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.305
Northwest Africa 774	56,760	Valid	L6	Found	874	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.874
Northwest Africa 7738	56,758	Valid	L4	Found	210	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.21
Northwest Africa 772	56,739	Valid	H5	Found	1,255	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.255
Northwest Africa 773	56,747	Valid	L6	Found	155	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.155
Northwest Africa 7717	57,155	Valid	R3-6	Found	53	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.053
Northwest Africa 7714	56,738	Valid	LL5-6	Found	487	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.487
Northwest Africa 7713	56,737	Valid	LL5	Found	211	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.211
Northwest Africa 7720	57,156	Valid	Howardite	Found	119	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.119
Northwest Africa 7721	56,742	Valid	H4	Found	85	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.085
Northwest Africa 7724	56,745	Valid	H4	Found	2,500	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.5
Northwest Africa 7729	56,746	Valid	Martian (shergottite)	Found	32	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.032
Northwest Africa 7730	56,749	Valid	L6	Found	1,000	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1
Northwest Africa 7737	56,757	Valid	LL4-6	Found	1,900	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.9
Northwest Africa 7731	56,754	Valid	LL5	Found	250	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.25
Northwest Africa 7733	57,161	Valid	LL3.4	Found	373	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.373
Northwest Africa 7734	57,162	Valid	L3.00	Found	81	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.081
Northwest Africa 7735	56,755	Valid	H6	Found	550	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.55
Northwest Africa 776	57,157	Valid	H5	Found	13,000	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	13
Northwest Africa 7711	57,154	Valid	Mesosiderite	Found	87	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.087
Northwest Africa 7736	56,756	Valid	LL5-6	Found	1,835	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.835
Northwest Africa 766	56,727	Valid	Mesosiderite	Found	2,280	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.28
Northwest Africa 7459	56,108	Valid	L5	Found	1,844	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.844
Northwest Africa 7476	56,118	Valid	L4	Found	1,521	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.521
Northwest Africa 7475	56,116	Valid	L4	Found	1,481	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.481
Northwest Africa 7812	57,224	Valid	L6	Found	600.7	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.601
Northwest Africa 7822	57,225	Valid	LL6	Found	298.1	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.298
Northwest Africa 7839	57,435	Valid	Diogenite	Found	20.15	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.02
Northwest Africa 7841	57,277	Valid	LL6	Found	30.3	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.03
Northwest Africa 7842	57,436	Valid	CR2	Found	586	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.586
Northwest Africa 7843	57,413	Valid	LL5	Found	2,300	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.3
Northwest Africa 7850	57,414	Valid	L6	Found	1,070	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.07
Northwest Africa 7851	57,415	Valid	H6	Found	365	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.365
Northwest Africa 7852	57,416	Valid	H5	Found	236	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.236
Northwest Africa 7855	57,417	Valid	H5	Found	625	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.625
Northwest Africa 7856	57,418	Valid	H4	Found	585	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.585
Northwest Africa 7857	57,419	Valid	H5	Found	39	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.039
Northwest Africa 7863	57,424	Valid	H6	Found	500	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.5
Northwest Africa 7407	56,167	Valid	EL6	Found	995.59	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.996
Northwest Africa 7403	55,749	Valid	Martian (shergottite)	Found	2,130	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.13
Northwest Africa 739	55,725	Valid	Martian (shergottite)	Found	392	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.392
Northwest Africa 7388	56,078	Valid	Eucrite	Found	51.69	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.052
Northwest Africa 744	56,135	Valid	L6-melt breccia	Found	1,830	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.83
Northwest Africa 779	57,223	Valid	H5	Found	299.7	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.3
Northwest Africa 7786	57,222	Valid	H6	Found	190.2	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.19
Northwest Africa 7776	57,212	Valid	H5	Found	220.5	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.22
Northwest Africa 7463	56,115	Valid	LL4	Found	264	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.264
Northwest Africa 7462	56,112	Valid	L5	Found	2,282	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.282
Northwest Africa 7460	56,111	Valid	H4	Found	648	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.648
Northwest Africa 7385	56,134	Valid	LL7	Found	40.2	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.04
Northwest Africa 7456	56,119	Valid	LL6	Found	151.17	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.151
Northwest Africa 7773	57,211	Valid	H5	Found	4,920	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	4.92
Northwest Africa 7446	56,079	Valid	L4	Found	5,440	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	5.44
Northwest Africa 7777	57,213	Valid	L5	Found	29.2	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.029
Northwest Africa 7785	57,221	Valid	LL4	Found	127.8	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.128
Northwest Africa 7778	57,214	Valid	H4	Found	33.2	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.033
Northwest Africa 7779	57,215	Valid	L5	Found	2,073	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.073
Northwest Africa 778	57,351	Valid	H3.8	Found	1,352.3	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.352
Northwest Africa 7780	57,219	Valid	LL4-6	Found	235.8	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.236
Northwest Africa 7781	57,352	Valid	Eucrite	Found	49.3	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.049
Northwest Africa 7783	57,353	Valid	Eucrite	Found	26.9	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.027
Northwest Africa 7784	57,220	Valid	L4	Found	646.9	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.647
Northwest Africa 7710	56,736	Valid	L6	Found	2,441	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	2.441
Northwest Africa 771	57,153	Valid	Eucrite-pmict	Found	279	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.279
Northwest Africa 7708	57,152	Valid	Eucrite-pmict	Found	124	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.124
Northwest Africa 7591	56,428	Valid	L6	Found	1,877	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.877
Northwest Africa 7593	56,583	Valid	CV3	Found	864	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.864
Northwest Africa 7594	56,430	Valid	L6	Found	26	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.026
Northwest Africa 7524	56,318	Valid	H4	Found	1,550	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	1.55
Northwest Africa 7608	56,546	Valid	Brachinite	Found	320	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.32
Northwest Africa 7609	56,645	Valid	LL3.4	Found	159	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.159
Northwest Africa 761	56,650	Valid	LL3.4	Found	111	2012-01-01T00:00:00	null	null	0.111

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Meteorite Landings

Part of the Planetary Science Datasets collection on Hugging Face.

NASA's comprehensive catalog of all known meteorite landings on Earth -- 45,716 records spanning 1688 to 2013, including 1,107 observed falls and 44,609 found specimens across 466 classification types.

Dataset description

This dataset contains every meteorite recorded in NASA's Meteorite Landings database, sourced from The Meteoritical Society. Each record includes the meteorite's name, classification, mass (where known), geographic coordinates, and whether the meteorite was observed falling ("Fell") or found after the fact ("Found").

Schema

Column	Type	Description
`name`	string	Official meteorite name
`id`	int64	Unique identifier
`nametype`	string	Name type: "Valid" or "Relict"
`recclass`	string	Meteorite classification (e.g. L5, H6, Iron-IVA)
`mass`	float64	Mass in grams
`mass_kg`	float64	Mass in kilograms
`fall`	string	"Fell" (observed fall) or "Found" (discovered later)
`year`	datetime	Year of fall or discovery
`reclat`	float64	Recovery latitude (decimal degrees)
`reclong`	float64	Recovery longitude (decimal degrees)

Quick stats

45,716 meteorite landings (1688--2013)
1,107 observed falls, 44,609 found specimens
45,585 records with known mass
466 distinct classification types
Heaviest: Hope at 60,000.0 kg (Iron, IVB)

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/meteorite-landings", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()

# Observed falls sorted by mass
fell = df[df["fall"] == "Fell"].sort_values("mass_kg", ascending=False)

# Meteorites by classification
by_class = df["recclass"].value_counts().head(20)

# Map of all landings with coordinates
with_coords = df.dropna(subset=["reclat", "reclong"])

Data source

NASA Open Data Portal -- Meteorite Landings, maintained by The Meteoritical Society. Full dataset mirrored by the Wolfram Data Repository (NASA retired the original Socrata SODA API in 2025).

Update schedule

Static dataset (meteorite records are updated infrequently).

Related datasets

neo-close-approaches -- Near-Earth object close approaches from NASA JPL
confirmed-exoplanets -- NASA Exoplanet Archive confirmed planets
impact-risk -- Sentry impact risk assessments

Pipeline

Source code: juliensimon/space-datasets

Citation

@dataset{meteorite_landings,
  author = {Simon, Julien},
  title = {Meteorite Landings},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/meteorite-landings},
  note = {Based on NASA/The Meteoritical Society meteorite landing data via Wolfram Data Repository}
}