Meteorite falls in Romania
Romania has 9 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 24th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Mocs (300 kg, 1882). The earliest is Mezö-Madaras in 1852. The most recent is Pleşcoi in 2008.
- Median recovered mass
- 6.9 kg
- Different class labels
- 6
- Falls with their own page
- 3
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 9, five are dated before 1900 and one is from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1850s, with three falls. The median distance from a fall in Romania to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 73 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Rasgrad in Bulgaria, 90 km from Silistra.
What fell in Romania
The most common class is L6 (three falls), followed by L5-6 (2). Together the falls recorded in Romania recovered 373 kg.
- L chondrites 6
- H chondrites 1
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
- Other achondrites 1
Every fall in Romania
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | Mezö-Madaras | L3.7 | 23 kg |
| 1857 | Ohaba | H5 | 16 kg |
| 1858 | Kakowa | L6 | 577 g |
| 1863 | Buschhof | L6 | 5 kg |
| 1882 | Mocs | L5-6 | 300 kg |
| 1917 | Silistra | Achondrite-ung | 0.1 g |
| 1927 | Sopot | Ordinary chondrite | 958 g |
| 1937 | Tauti | L6 | 21 kg |
| 2008 | Pleşcoi | L5-6 | 6.9 kg |