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L chondrites

Of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), 373 are l chondrites: ordinary chondrites with low total iron. The same dataset holds 10,504 complete find records of this group, so seen falls make up 3.4 % of its records. Median recovered mass of the falls: 3.1 kg. The heaviest is Bruderheim (303 kg, 1960). The earliest is Nogata in 860. The most recent is Battle Mountain in 2012.

Bright dots: falls in this group. Faint dots: all other observed falls.

Classes inside the group

ClassFallsWhat it means
L6254an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body
L576an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body
L418an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body
L10an ordinary chondrite with low total iron; no petrologic type is recorded
L33an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
L3.72an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
L5/62an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 5 or 6 (between the two)
L5-62an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 5 to 6
L3-61an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 6
L3.41an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
L3.7-61an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 6
L3.61an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
L3-41an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 4
L4-61an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 4 to 6

When they fell

The 1920s hold the most falls of this group: 28.

before 1800: 10 falls10<18001800s: 6 falls61810s: 9 falls918101820s: 9 falls91830s: 7 falls718301840s: 11 falls111850s: 15 falls1518501860s: 16 falls161870s: 14 falls1418701880s: 16 falls161890s: 18 falls1818901900s: 22 falls221910s: 25 falls2519101920s: 28 falls2819201930s: 22 falls2219301940s: 25 falls251950s: 16 falls1619501960s: 22 falls221970s: 18 falls1819701980s: 22 falls221990s: 19 falls1919902000s: 16 falls162010s: 7 falls72010
Falls per decade; the first column gathers every fall dated before 1800.

The 40 heaviest

YearFallClassCountryRecovered
1960BruderheimL6Canada303 kg
1882MocsL5-6Romania300 kg
1937PutingaL6Brazil300 kg
1986SuizhouL6China260 kg
1875HomesteadL5United States230 kg
1860New ConcordL6United States230 kg
1883AlfianelloL6Italy228 kg
1949KunashakL6Russia200 kg
1918SaratovL4Russia200 kg
1879TenhamL6Australia160 kg
1992MbaleL5/6Uganda150 kg
1991Mount TazerzaitL5Niger110 kg
1917Colby (Wisconsin)L6United States104 kg
1874SevrukovoL5Russia101 kg
1956ParanaibaL6Brazil100 kg
1897ZavidL6Serbia95 kg
1981MachingaL6Malawi93 kg
1890FarmingtonL5United States89 kg
1902Bath FurnaceL6United States86 kg
1927TildenL6United States75 kg
1983Rahimyar KhanL5Pakistan67 kg
1933PervomaiskyL6Russia66 kg
1901Phillips County (stone)L6United States58 kg
1951ElenovkaL5Ukraine55 kg
1917Nan Yang PaoL6China53 kg
1943LeedeyL6United States52 kg
1865AumaleL6Algeria50 kg
1858AussonL5France50 kg
1972ValeraL5Venezuela50 kg
1903JackalsfonteinL6South Africa48 kg
1963Peace RiverL6Canada46 kg
1914KuttippuramL6India45 kg
1886KyushuL6Japan45 kg
1985La CriollaL6Argentina45 kg
1933ZemaitkiemisL6Lithuania44 kg
1965BarwellL5United Kingdom44 kg
1984ZhaodongL4China42 kg
1826PavlogradL6Ukraine40 kg
1803L'AigleL6France37 kg
1993SongyuanL6China37 kg