Meteorite falls in Tanzania
Tanzania has 8 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 27th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Rupota (6 kg, 1949). The earliest is Peramiho in 1899. The most recent is Chela in 1988.
- Median recovered mass
- 1 kg
- Different class labels
- 7
- Falls with their own page
- 3
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 8, one is dated before 1900 and four are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1930s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Tanzania to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 130 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Chisenga in Malawi, 133 km from Ishinga.
What fell in Tanzania
The most common class is H (two falls). Together the falls recorded in Tanzania recovered 14 kg.
- L chondrites 1
- H chondrites 3
- LL chondrites 1
- Carbonaceous chondrites 1
- Enstatite chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 1