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Meteorite falls in Serbia

Serbia has 5 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 36th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Zavid (95 kg, 1897). The earliest is Soko-Banja in 1877. The most recent is Cacak in 1919.

ZavidSoko-BanjaJelica
Median recovered mass
34 kg
Falls with their own page
3

Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.

Year by year

Of the 5, four are dated before 1900 and 0 are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1890s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Serbia to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 11 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Virba in Bulgaria, 63 km from Soko-Banja.

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Each dot is one fall; bigger dots carry more recovered mass.

What fell in Serbia

Every fall recorded in Serbia carries a different class label. Together the falls recorded in Serbia recovered 211 kg.

L chondrites: 1LL chondrites: 2Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites: 1Unclassified stones: 1
  • L chondrites 1
  • LL chondrites 2
  • Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
  • Unclassified stones 1

Every fall in Serbia

YearFallClassRecovered
1877Soko-BanjaLL480 kg
1889JelicaLL634 kg
1891GuêaUnclassified stone1.9 kg
1897ZavidL695 kg
1919CacakOrdinary chondrite212 g