Almahata Sitta
Seen to fall in 2008 in Sudan · 4 kg recovered · Ureilite-an
Almahata Sitta is the most recent of the seven falls recorded in Sudan. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Ureilite-an. It has no other recorded fall within 649 km; only 21 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 20.746° N, 32.413° E
The map is centred on Almahata Sitta. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Almahata Sitta is Khor Temiki, 649 km to the south-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Almahata Sitta.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khor Temiki | 1932 | Aubrite | 3.2 kg | 649 km south-east |
| 2 | New Halfa | 1994 | L4 | 12 kg | 691 km south-east |
| 3 | Hedjaz | 1910 | L3.7-6 | 6.1 kg | 803 km north-east |
| 4 | Umm Ruaba | 1966 | L5 | 1.7 kg | 819 km south |
| 5 | Al Rais | 1957 | CR2-an | 160 g | 836 km north-east |
| 6 | Al Zarnkh | 2001 | LL5 | 700 g | 869 km south-west |
What Ureilite-an means
Ureilite-an is the label for a ureilite, a carbon-bearing achondrite of olivine and pyroxene, recorded as anomalous. Almahata Sitta is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls.
Almahata Sitta in Sudan’s record
By recovered mass Almahata Sitta comes third of 7 there. The fall recorded before Almahata Sitta in Sudan is Al Zarnkh, in 2001.
The 2000s
Almahata Sitta is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists eight other falls in 2008, among them Sulagiri in India, Tamdakht in Morocco, Buzzard Coulee in Canada.