Meteorite falls in Turkey
Turkey has 11 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 22nd-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Kayakent (85 kg, 1961). The earliest is Magnesia in 1899. The most recent is Kemer in 2008.
- Median recovered mass
- 5 kg
- Different class labels
- 9
- Falls with their own page
- 5
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 11, one is dated before 1900 and six are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1900s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Turkey to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 60 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Erevan in Armenia, 149 km from Akyumak.
What fell in Turkey
The most common class is L6 (three falls). Together the falls recorded in Turkey recovered 219 kg.
- L chondrites 5
- H chondrites 2
- LL chondrites 1
- Iron meteorites 3