Meteorite falls in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has 8 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 27th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Patwar (37 kg, 1935). The earliest is Shytal in 1863. The most recent is Bhola in 1940.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.5 kg
- Different class labels
- 5
- Falls with their own page
- 4
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 8, three are dated before 1900 and 0 are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1860s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Bangladesh to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 49 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Sabrum in India, 50 km from Patwar.
What fell in Bangladesh
The most common class is L6 (four falls). Together the falls recorded in Bangladesh recovered 76 kg.
- L chondrites 4
- H chondrites 2
- LL chondrites 1
- Stony-iron meteorites 1