Tarda Meteorites

On Tuesday the 25th of August, 2020, around 2:30 pm Moroccan time, a fireball was widely witnessed by people in southern Morocco from Alnif, Zagora, Tazarine, and Rich. The fireball trajectory was from the SW to NE. A search was immediately undertaken by local residents and meteorite hunters between Goulmima and Errachidia. Hundreds of people began searching on the same day, and the first piece was found the following day by Alalou Youssef close to his village of Tarda. The fall location is crossed by the national road linking Ouarzazate to Errachidia, and because of the easy access thousands of people soon traveled to the area to continue the search for the remaining pieces. The Tarda meteorite is classified as a C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite.