Meteorite falls of the 1870s
NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) holds 51 observed falls dated to the 1870s, the 13th-highest count of the 22 decades since 1800. They came down in 27 countries, most often in India (9). The heaviest is Estherville (320 kg, 1879). The earliest is Cabezo de Mayo in 1870, one of three dated that year. The most recent is Tomatlan in 1879, one of eight from that year.
Bright dots: falls of the 1870s. Faint dots: falls from all other years.
Inside the 1870s
The most frequent class is H5, with 11 falls. The busiest single year is 1879, with 8 recorded falls.
- L chondrites 14
- H chondrites 17
- LL chondrites 3
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 4
- Carbonaceous chondrites 3
- Enstatite chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 5
- Other achondrites 1
- Stony-iron meteorites 1
- Iron meteorites 2
Every fall of the period
| Year | Fall | Class | Country | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | Cabezo de Mayo | L/LL6 | Spain | 25 kg |
| 1870 | Ibbenbüren | Diogenite | Germany | 2 kg |
| 1870 | Nedagolla | Iron, ungrouped | India | 4.5 kg |
| 1871 | Bandong | LL6 | Indonesia | 12 kg |
| 1871 | Laborel | H5 | France | 3.8 kg |
| 1871 | Roda | Diogenite | Spain | 400 g |
| 1871 | Searsmont | H5 | United States | 5.4 kg |
| 1872 | Dyalpur | Ureilite | India | 300 g |
| 1872 | Lancé | CO3.5 | France | 52 kg |
| 1872 | Orvinio | H6 | Italy | 3.4 kg |
| 1872 | Tennasilm | L4 | Estonia | 29 kg |
| 1873 | Aleppo | L6 | Syria | 3.2 kg |
| 1873 | Jhung | L5 | Pakistan | 5.9 kg |
| 1873 | Khairpur | EL6 | Pakistan | 14 kg |
| 1873 | Santa Barbara | L4 | Brazil | 400 g |
| 1873 | Virba | L6 | Bulgaria | 3.6 kg |
| 1874 | Castalia | H5 | United States | 7.3 kg |
| 1874 | Kerilis | H5 | France | 5 kg |
| 1874 | Sevrukovo | L5 | Russia | 101 kg |
| 1875 | Feid Chair | H4 | Algeria | 380 g |
| 1875 | Homestead | L5 | United States | 230 kg |
| 1875 | Mornans | H5 | France | 1.3 kg |
| 1875 | Nagaria | Eucrite-cm | India | 20 g |
| 1875 | Sitathali | H5 | India | 1.6 kg |
| 1875 | Zsadany | H5 | Hungary | 552 g |
| 1876 | Judesegeri | H6 | India | 680 g |
| 1876 | Rochester | H6 | United States | 340 g |
| 1876 | Rowton | Iron, IIIAB | United Kingdom | 3.5 kg |
| 1876 | Ställdalen | H5 | Sweden | 34 kg |
| 1876 | Vavilovka | LL6 | Ukraine | 1.9 kg |
| 1877 | Bhagur | L6 | India | 18 g |
| 1877 | Cronstad | H5 | South Africa | 3.6 kg |
| 1877 | Cynthiana | L/LL4 | United States | 6 kg |
| 1877 | Hungen | H6 | Germany | 112 g |
| 1877 | Jodzie | Howardite | Lithuania | 30 g |
| 1877 | Soko-Banja | LL4 | Serbia | 80 kg |
| 1877 | Warrenton | CO3.7 | United States | 1.6 kg |
| 1878 | Dandapur | L6 | India | 5.7 kg |
| 1878 | Haraiya | Eucrite-mmict | India | 1 kg |
| 1878 | La Charca | Ordinary chondrite | Mexico | 399 g |
| 1878 | Mern | L6 | Denmark | 4 kg |
| 1878 | Rakovka | L6 | Russia | 9 kg |
| 1878 | Tieschitz | H/L3.6 | Czech Republic | 28 kg |
| 1879 | Estherville | Mesosiderite-A3/4 | United States | 320 kg |
| 1879 | Gnadenfrei | H5 | Poland | 1.8 kg |
| 1879 | Itapicuru-Mirim | H5 | Brazil | 2 kg |
| 1879 | Kalumbi | L6 | India | 4.5 kg |
| 1879 | La Bécasse | L6 | France | 2.8 kg |
| 1879 | Nogoya | CM2 | Argentina | 4 kg |
| 1879 | Tenham | L6 | Australia | 160 kg |
| 1879 | Tomatlan | H6 | Mexico | 900 g |