Meteorite falls in Italy
Italy has 28 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the ninth-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Alfianello (228 kg, 1883). The earliest is Rivolta de Bassi in 1490. The most recent is San Michele in 2002.
- Median recovered mass
- 2 kg
- Different class labels
- 16
- Falls with their own page
- 7
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 28, 18 are dated before 1900 and seven are from 1950 or later. The busiest period there is before 1800, with five falls. The median distance from a fall in Italy to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 41 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Mount Vaisi in France, 126 km from Torino.
What fell in Italy
The most common class is H5 (four falls), followed by L6 (4). Together the falls recorded in Italy recovered 343 kg.
- L chondrites 6
- H chondrites 12
- LL chondrites 3
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
- Carbonaceous chondrites 2
- Stony-iron meteorites 1
- Iron meteorites 1
- Unclassified stones 2
Every fall in Italy
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1490 | Rivolta de Bassi | Unclassified stone | 103 g |
| 1583 | Castrovillari | Unclassified stone | 15 kg |
| 1668 | Vago | H6 | 40 g |
| 1766 | Albareto | L/LL4 | 2 kg |
| 1794 | Siena | LL5 | 3.7 kg |
| 1808 | Borgo San Donino | LL6 | 1.7 kg |
| 1824 | Renazzo | CR2 | 1 kg |
| 1826 | Mineo | Pallasite | 42 g |
| 1840 | Cereseto | H5 | 6.5 kg |
| 1846 | Monte Milone | L5 | 3.1 kg |
| 1853 | Girgenti | L6 | 18 kg |
| 1856 | Trenzano | H3/4 | 12 kg |
| 1860 | Alessandria | H5 | 908 g |
| 1868 | Motta di Conti | H4 | 9.2 kg |
| 1872 | Orvinio | H6 | 3.4 kg |
| 1883 | Alfianello | L6 | 228 kg |
| 1886 | Assisi | H5 | 2 kg |
| 1890 | Collescipoli | H5 | 5 kg |
| 1903 | Valdinizza | L6 | 1 kg |
| 1910 | Vigarano | CV3 | 15 kg |
| 1922 | Patti | Iron | 12 g |
| 1955 | Messina | L5 | 2.4 kg |
| 1956 | Sinnai | H6 | 2 kg |
| 1968 | Piancaldoli | LL3.4 | 13 g |
| 1971 | Noventa Vicentina | H4 | 177 g |
| 1988 | Torino | H6 | 977 g |
| 1996 | Fermo | H3-5 | 10 kg |
| 2002 | San Michele | L6 | 237 g |