Meteorite falls of the 1840s
NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) holds 29 observed falls dated to the 1840s, the 18th-highest count of the 22 decades since 1800. They came down in 15 countries, most often in France (7). The heaviest is Braunau (39 kg, 1847). The earliest is Cereseto in 1840, one of three dated that year. The most recent is Monroe in 1849.
Bright dots: falls of the 1840s. Faint dots: falls from all other years.
Inside the 1840s
The most frequent class is L6, with 9 falls. The busiest single year is 1843, with 5 recorded falls.
- L chondrites 11
- H chondrites 10
- LL chondrites 2
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 2
- Other achondrites 1
- Stony-iron meteorites 1
- Iron meteorites 1
Every fall of the period
| Year | Fall | Class | Country | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 | Cereseto | H5 | Italy | 6.5 kg |
| 1840 | Karakol | LL6 | Kazakhstan | 3 kg |
| 1840 | Uden | LL7 | Netherlands | 710 g |
| 1841 | Château-Renard | L6 | France | 30 kg |
| 1841 | Grüneberg | H4 | Poland | 1 kg |
| 1841 | St. Christophe-la-Chartreuse | L6 | France | 5.5 kg |
| 1842 | Aumieres | L6 | France | 2 kg |
| 1842 | Barea | Mesosiderite-A1 | Spain | 3.2 kg |
| 1842 | Milena | L6 | Croatia | 10 kg |
| 1843 | Bishopville | Aubrite | United States | 6 kg |
| 1843 | Klein-Wenden | H6 | Germany | 3.2 kg |
| 1843 | Manegaon | Diogenite | India | 50 g |
| 1843 | Utrecht | L6 | Netherlands | 9.7 kg |
| 1843 | Verkhne Tschirskaia | H5 | Russia | 8 kg |
| 1844 | Cosina | H5 | Mexico | 1.2 kg |
| 1844 | Favars | H5 | France | 1.5 kg |
| 1844 | Killeter | H6 | United Kingdom | 140 g |
| 1845 | Le Pressoir | H5 | France | 3 kg |
| 1845 | Le Teilleul | Howardite | France | 780 g |
| 1846 | Cape Girardeau | H6 | United States | 2.3 kg |
| 1846 | Monte Milone | L5 | Italy | 3.1 kg |
| 1846 | Schönenberg | L6 | Germany | 8 kg |
| 1847 | Braunau | Iron, IIAB | Czech Republic | 39 kg |
| 1847 | Marion (Iowa) | L6 | United States | 28 kg |
| 1848 | Castine | L6 | United States | 94 g |
| 1848 | Dharwar | Ordinary chondrite | India | 1.8 kg |
| 1848 | Marmande | L5 | France | 3 kg |
| 1848 | Ski | L6 | Norway | 850 g |
| 1849 | Monroe | H4 | United States | 8.6 kg |