Aumale
Seen to fall in 1865 in Algeria · 50 kg recovered · L6
Aumale is the earliest and heaviest of the six falls recorded in Algeria. It is the heaviest of the two L6 falls recorded in Algeria.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 36.167° N, 3.667° E
The map is centred on Aumale. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Aumale is Tadjera, 157 km to the east. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadjera | 1867 | L5 | 9 kg | 157 km east |
| 2 | El Idrissia | 1989 | L6 | 10 kg | 198 km south |
| 3 | Feid Chair | 1875 | H4 | 380 g | 435 km east |
| 4 | Los Martinez | 1894 | L6 | 25 g | 448 km north-west |
| 5 | Dahmani | 1981 | LL6 | 18 kg | 469 km east |
| 6 | Cabezo de Mayo | 1870 | L/LL6 | 25 kg | 474 km north-west |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Aumale ranks 18th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is El Idrissia in Algeria, 198 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Aumale is Nerft (1864, Latvia) and the one after is Danville (1868, the United States).
Aumale in Algeria’s record
The next fall recorded in Algeria is Tadjera, in 1867.
The 1860s
Aumale is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1865, among them Supuhee in India, Shergotty in India, Muddoor in India.