Alais

Seen to fall in 1806 in France · 6 kg recovered · CI1

Alais is the earliest of the five CI1 falls. It is one of 44 carbonaceous chondrites among the observed falls.

Group: Carbonaceous chondrites
Recorded position: 44.117° N, 4.083° E

The map is centred on Alais. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.

Nearest recorded falls

The closest recorded fall to Alais is Juvinas, 69 km to the north. Within 250 km lie 20 other recorded falls.

#	Fall	Year	Class	Recovered	Distance
1	Juvinas	1821	Eucrite-mmict	91 kg	69 km north
2	Aumieres	1842	L6	2 kg	72 km west
3	Aubres	1836	Aubrite	800 g	91 km east
4	Lancon	1897	H6	7 kg	92 km south-east
5	Mornans	1875	H5	1.3 kg	99 km north-east
6	Favars	1844	H5	1.5 kg	105 km west

What CI1 means

CI1 is the label for a carbonaceous chondrite of the CI (Ivuna type) group, petrologic type 1, the most water-altered texture. By recovered mass Alais ranks second of the 5 CI1 falls. The nearest other CI1 fall is Orgueil in France, 218 km away. In date order among CI1 falls, the one after is Orgueil (1864, France).

Dark ticks: 5 CI1 falls, median 705 g (dotted). Grey: all others.

Alais in France’s record

In date order Alais is number 10 of the 58 falls recorded in France, which run from 1491 to 2002. By recovered mass Alais comes 24th of 58 there. The fall recorded before Alais in France is Asco (1805); the next is Charsonville (1810).

Bigger dots carry more recovered mass.

The 1800s

Alais is one of 16 falls dated to the 1800s. No fall outside France is dated 1806 in the record.