Meteorite falls in Ukraine
Ukraine has 29 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the eighth-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Zhovtnevyi (107 kg, 1938). The earliest is Kharkov in 1787. The most recent is Galkiv in 1995.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.6 kg
- Different class labels
- 13
- Falls with their own page
- 2
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 29, 15 are dated before 1900 and five are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1930s, with four falls. The median distance from a fall in Ukraine to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 42 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Sevrukovo in Russia, 108 km from Kharkov.
What fell in Ukraine
The most common class is L6 (nine falls), followed by H4 (3). Together the falls recorded in Ukraine recovered 368 kg.
- L chondrites 14
- H chondrites 7
- LL chondrites 5
- Carbonaceous chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 2
Every fall in Ukraine
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Kharkov | L6 | 1.5 kg |
| 1796 | Bjelaja Zerkov | H6 | 1.9 kg |
| 1811 | Kuleschovka | L6 | 6 kg |
| 1814 | Bachmut | L6 | 18 kg |
| 1818 | Zaborzika | L6 | 3.9 kg |
| 1823 | Botschetschki | L4 | 614 g |
| 1826 | Pavlograd | L6 | 40 kg |
| 1834 | Okniny | LL6 | 12 kg |
| 1852 | Borkut | L5 | 7 kg |
| 1864 | Dolgovoli | L6 | 1.6 kg |
| 1876 | Vavilovka | LL6 | 1.9 kg |
| 1881 | Grossliebenthal | L6 | 8 kg |
| 1887 | Bielokrynitschie | H4 | 1.9 kg |
| 1889 | Mighei | CM2 | 8 kg |
| 1894 | Savtschenskoje | LL4 | 2.5 kg |
| 1900 | Alexandrovsky | H4 | 9.3 kg |
| 1905 | Tomakovka | LL6 | 600 g |
| 1908 | Kagarlyk | L6 | 1.9 kg |
| 1914 | Ryechki | L5 | 13 kg |
| 1936 | Yurtuk | Howardite | 1.5 kg |
| 1938 | Kukschin | L6 | 2.2 kg |
| 1938 | Zhovtnevyi | H6 | 107 kg |
| 1939 | Chervony Kut | Eucrite-mmict | 1.7 kg |
| 1946 | Krymka | LL3.2 | 50 kg |
| 1951 | Elenovka | L5 | 55 kg |
| 1955 | Zvonkov | H6 | 2.6 kg |
| 1969 | Andreevka | L3 | 600 g |
| 1974 | Gorlovka | H3.7 | 3.6 kg |
| 1995 | Galkiv | H4 | 5 kg |