Santa Filomena meteorite shower

On 19 August 2020 a meteor broke up over Santa Filomena in Pernambuco's sertão, and more than 200 stones fell around the town. Residents collected and sold pieces to collectors.

2020 CE · -8.16, -40.62 · status: official

The account

Scientists classified it as an H5-6 chondrite. Brazilian museums worked to keep fragments in the country.

Connections in the atlas

• Varre-Sai meteorite fall
• Bendegó meteorite

Sources

1. FAPESP Virtual Library: Tosi et al. 2023, The Santa Filomena meteorite shower (Meteoritics & Planetary Science)