Albareto

Seen to fall in 1766 in Italy · 2 kg recovered · L/LL4

Albareto is the earliest of the three L/LL4 falls. It is the only L/LL4 fall recorded in Italy. Renazzo came down only 25 km to the north-east, in 1824.

Group: Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites
Recorded position: 44.650° N, 11.017° E

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

Nearest recorded falls

Within 250 km lie 18 other recorded falls.

#	Fall	Year	Class	Recovered	Distance
1	Renazzo	1824	CR2	1 kg	25 km north-east
2	Vigarano	1910	CV3	15 kg	38 km north-east
3	Piancaldoli	1968	LL3.4	13 g	59 km south-east
4	Borgo San Donino	1808	LL6	1.7 kg	80 km west
5	Noventa Vicentina	1971	H4	177 g	82 km north-east
6	Vago	1668	H6	40 g	86 km north

What L/LL4 means

L/LL4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with iron content between the L and LL groups, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. Albareto has the smallest recovered mass of the 3 L/LL4 falls. The nearest other L/LL4 fall is Bjurböle in Finland, 2,006 km away. In date order among L/LL4 falls, the one after is Cynthiana (1877, the United States).

Grey ticks: all 1,063 falls. Dark ticks: the 32 falls in the group intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites.

Albareto in Italy’s record

In date order Albareto is number 4 of the 28 falls recorded in Italy, which run from 1490 to 2002. By recovered mass Albareto comes 14th of 28 there. The fall recorded before Albareto in Italy is Vago (1668); the next is Siena (1794).

Bigger dots carry more recovered mass.

Before 1800

Albareto is one of 35 falls dated before 1800. No fall outside Italy is dated 1766 in the record.