Meteorite falls in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has 5 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 36th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Rasgrad (25 kg, 1740). The most recent is Pavel in 1966.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.6 kg
- Different class labels
- 4
- Falls with their own page
- 1
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 5, two are dated before 1900 and one is from 1950 or later. No decade has more than one recorded fall there. The median distance from a fall in Bulgaria to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 82 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Soko-Banja in Serbia, 63 km from Virba.
What fell in Bulgaria
The most common class is H5 (two falls). Together the falls recorded in Bulgaria recovered 37 kg.
- L chondrites 1
- H chondrites 2
- LL chondrites 1
- Unclassified stones 1
Every fall in Bulgaria
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1740 | Rasgrad | Unclassified stone | 25 kg |
| 1873 | Virba | L6 | 3.6 kg |
| 1904 | Gumoschnik | H5 | 5.7 kg |
| 1931 | Konovo | LL5 | 90 g |
| 1966 | Pavel | H5 | 3 kg |