H4 falls
Of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), 50 are classed H4, 5 % of the total; only four classes are more common. Their median recovered mass is 5.1 kg, against 2.9 kg for all falls. The heaviest is Ochansk (500 kg, 1887). The earliest is Sena in 1773. The most recent is Buzzard Coulee in 2008.
Bright dots: H4 falls. Faint dots: every other observed fall. Bigger dots carry more recovered mass.
What the label says
H4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. It belongs to the h chondrites.
Most H4 falls are recorded in the United States (7), Brazil (5), India (3), Ukraine (3). The busiest decade for the class is the 1930s, with 6 falls.
Every H4 fall
| Year | Fall | Country | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1773 | Sena | Spain | 4 kg |
| 1807 | Weston | United States | 150 kg |
| 1818 | Seres | Greece | 8.5 kg |
| 1820 | Lixna | Latvia | 5.2 kg |
| 1838 | Akbarpur | India | 1.8 kg |
| 1841 | Grüneberg | Poland | 1 kg |
| 1849 | Monroe | United States | 8.6 kg |
| 1850 | Kesen | Japan | 135 kg |
| 1857 | Quenggouk | Myanmar | 6 kg |
| 1861 | Cañellas | Spain | 945 g |
| 1862 | Menow | Germany | 11 kg |
| 1868 | Motta di Conti | Italy | 9.2 kg |
| 1875 | Feid Chair | Algeria | 380 g |
| 1884 | Tysnes Island | Norway | 20 kg |
| 1887 | Bielokrynitschie | Ukraine | 1.9 kg |
| 1887 | Ochansk | Russia | 500 kg |
| 1887 | Phu Hong | Vietnam | 500 g |
| 1892 | Bath | United States | 21 kg |
| 1900 | Alexandrovsky | Ukraine | 9.3 kg |
| 1908 | Sete Lagoas | Brazil | 350 g |
| 1910 | Hashima | Japan | 1.1 kg |
| 1917 | Ranchapur | India | 290 g |
| 1918 | Glasatovo | Russia | 152 kg |
| 1923 | Birni N'konni | Nigeria | 560 g |
| 1925 | Numakai | Japan | 363 g |
| 1933 | Phum Sambo | Cambodia | 7.8 kg |
| 1934 | Farmville | United States | 56 kg |
| 1934 | Fayetteville | United States | 2.4 kg |
| 1935 | Nikolaevka | Kazakhstan | 4 kg |
| 1936 | Nassirah | New Caledonia | 347 g |
| 1939 | Ekeby | Sweden | 3.3 kg |
| 1942 | Ankober | Ethiopia | 6.5 kg |
| 1942 | Forest Vale | Australia | 26 kg |
| 1950 | St. Louis | United States | 1 kg |
| 1951 | Kalaba | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 950 g |
| 1952 | Avanhandava | Brazil | 9.3 kg |
| 1954 | Sylacauga | United States | 5.6 kg |
| 1957 | Distrito Quebracho | Argentina | 400 g |
| 1962 | Ste. Marguerite | Belgium | 5 kg |
| 1962 | São Jose do Rio Preto | Brazil | 927 g |
| 1964 | Chernyi Bor | Belarus | 6 kg |
| 1965 | Conquista | Brazil | 20 kg |
| 1971 | Kabo | Nigeria | 13 kg |
| 1971 | Marilia | Brazil | 2.5 kg |
| 1971 | Noventa Vicentina | Italy | 177 g |
| 1988 | Chela | Tanzania | 2.9 kg |
| 1995 | Galkiv | Ukraine | 5 kg |
| 1998 | Ourique | Portugal | 20 kg |
| 2003 | Kasauli | India | 17 kg |
| 2008 | Buzzard Coulee | Canada | 41 kg |