Meteorite falls in Malawi
Malawi has 5 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 36th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Machinga (93 kg, 1981). The earliest is Zomba in 1899. The most recent is Chisenga in 1988.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.9 kg
- Different class labels
- 3
- Falls with their own page
- 3
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 5, one is dated before 1900 and three are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1980s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Malawi to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 133 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Ishinga in Tanzania, 133 km from Chisenga.
What fell in Malawi
The most common class is Unclassified stone (two falls), followed by L6 (2). Together the falls recorded in Malawi recovered 106 kg.
- L chondrites 2
- Iron meteorites 1
- Unclassified stones 2