Meteorite falls in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has 6 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 32nd-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Bilanga (25 kg, 1999). The earliest is Béréba in 1924. The most recent is Ouadangou in 2003.
- Median recovered mass
- 8.5 kg
- Different class labels
- 5
- Falls with their own page
- 1
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 6, 0 are dated before 1900 and five are from 1950 or later. No decade has more than one recorded fall there. The median distance from a fall in Burkina Faso to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 64 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Pétèlkolé in Niger, 133 km from Ouadangou.
What fell in Burkina Faso
The most common class is L5 (two falls). Together the falls recorded in Burkina Faso recovered 65 kg.
- L chondrites 2
- H chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 2
- Iron meteorites 1
Every fall in Burkina Faso
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Béréba | Eucrite-mmict | 18 kg |
| 1956 | Nadiabondi | H5 | 8.2 kg |
| 1962 | Bogou | Iron, IAB-MG | 8.8 kg |
| 1972 | Guibga | L5 | 288 g |
| 1999 | Bilanga | Diogenite | 25 kg |
| 2003 | Ouadangou | L5 | 4.4 kg |