DN250510_01 The Breakaways / Lake Hope / Pindarri Punju Puri
Intro
This fireball appeared on the Desert Fireball Network network on May 10, 2025 at 21:57:30 (UTC).This corresponds to May 11, 2025 just before 6am AWST.
This event has also been observed by many people in the public, from the WA coast including Perth, all the way out to Kalgoorlie (ABC article, 9 news video compilation).
We believe that there should be a strewn field of meteorite fragments on the ground.
We have not attempted to search for them yet.
The strewn field is quite long, owing to the shallow entry slope of the fireball.
Update 2026-04-09
Three meteorites have been found on Lake Hope:
- 583 g stone fragmented upon impact, found by Marcus Scott on 2025-05-17, at -32.560247 120.386156.
- 368 g stone, spotted by plane on 2025-05-17, recovered by Mia Walker on 2025-05-21, at -32.549911 120.400949.
- 362 g stone, spotted by plane on 2025-05-17, recovered by Hadrien Devillepoix on 2025-05-21, at -32.546173 120.400210.
The meteorites are in fairly good agreement with the published polygon, even though the second and third meteorites were found ~50m outside of the polygon.
Ngadju knowledge holders who retain current and traditional custody of the land on which this meteorite fell provided the name Pindarri Punju Puri. This name is still yet to be validated by the Meteoritical Bulletin committee.
Media:
Finding non salt conteminated meteorites in the bush would be valuable, but the bush in the area is fairly thick.
After the wet Makuru season, it is very likely that other medium to large meteorites that fell on the lakes would be lost forever to the lakes.
This track gets close to the lake system.
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