Bacubirito meteorite

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
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

• List of largest meteorites on Earth