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LL chondrites

Of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), 84 are ll chondrites: ordinary chondrites with low total iron and low metal. The same dataset holds 3,437 complete find records of this group, so seen falls make up 2.4 % of its records. Median recovered mass of the falls: 2 kg. The heaviest is Paragould (408 kg, 1930). The earliest is Ensisheim in 1491. The most recent is Chelyabinsk in 2013.

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

Classes inside the group

ClassFallsWhat it means
LL641an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body
LL519an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body
LL47an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body
LL3.43an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3-62an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 6
LL3.62an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL2an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal; no petrologic type is recorded
LL3.81an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3.151an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3.91an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3.21an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3.001an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL3.31an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture
LL71an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 7, heated close to melting
LL4-61an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 4 to 6

When they fell

The 1930s hold the most falls of this group: 12.

before 1800: 3 falls3<18001800s: 1 falls11810s: 0 falls018101820s: 2 falls21830s: 3 falls318301840s: 2 falls21850s: 2 falls218501860s: 5 falls51870s: 3 falls318701880s: 3 falls31890s: 3 falls318901900s: 4 falls41910s: 4 falls419101920s: 2 falls21930s: 12 falls1219301940s: 7 falls71950s: 4 falls419501960s: 5 falls51970s: 5 falls519701980s: 5 falls51990s: 2 falls219902000s: 6 falls62010s: 1 falls12010
Falls per decade; the first column gathers every fall dated before 1800.

The 40 heaviest

YearFallClassCountryRecovered
1930ParagouldLL5United States408 kg
1966Saint-SéverinLL6France271 kg
1924OlivenzaLL5Spain150 kg
1491EnsisheimLL6France127 kg
2008SulagiriLL6India110 kg
2013ChelyabinskLL5Russia100 kg
1877Soko-BanjaLL4Serbia80 kg
1857ParnalleeLL3.6India78 kg
1946KrymkaLL3.2Ukraine50 kg
2002BensourLL6Morocco45 kg
1889JelicaLL6Serbia34 kg
1860DhurmsalaLL6India32 kg
1975TuxtuacLL5Mexico30 kg
2004BenguerirLL6Morocco25 kg
1934MangwendiLL6Zimbabwe22 kg
2002KilaboLL6Nigeria19 kg
1981DahmaniLL6Tunisia18 kg
1869KrähenbergLL5Germany17 kg
1914Appley BridgeLL6United Kingdom15 kg
1834OkninyLL6Ukraine12 kg
1871BandongLL6Indonesia12 kg
1933Cherokee SpringsLL6United States8.4 kg
1866St. MesminLL6France8.3 kg
1907ChainpurLL3.4India8.2 kg
1977Bo XianLL3.9China7.5 kg
1853SegowlieLL6India6.9 kg
1977Alta'ameemLL5Iraq6 kg
1945MeruLL6Kenya6 kg
1970DongtaiLL6China5.5 kg
1952Min-Fan-ZhunLL6China5.5 kg
1931YukanLL6China4.8 kg
1959HamletLL4United States3.7 kg
1798Benares (a)LL4India3.7 kg
1794SienaLL5Italy3.7 kg
1932KhanpurLL5India3.7 kg
1951ManychLL3.4Russia3.6 kg
1840KarakolLL6Kazakhstan3 kg
1949BentonLL6Canada2.8 kg
1894SavtschenskojeLL4Ukraine2.5 kg
1906VishnupurLL4-6India2.4 kg