Benares (a)
Seen to fall in 1798 in India · 3.7 kg recovered · LL4
Benares (a) is the second-earliest of the 124 falls recorded in India. It is the earliest of the seven LL4 falls.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 25.367° N, 82.917° E
The map is centred on Benares (a). Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Benares (a) is Khanpur, 29 km to the north-east. Benares (a) has 25 other recorded falls within 250 km, one of the 20 most crowded spots in the record.
What LL4 means
LL4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Benares (a) ranks third of the 7 LL4 falls. The nearest other LL4 fall is Savtschenskoje in Ukraine, 5,214 km away. In date order among LL4 falls, the one after is Sevilla (1862, Spain).
Benares (a) in India’s record
By recovered mass Benares (a) comes 47th of 124 there. The fall recorded before Benares (a) in India is Jalandhar (1621); the next is Moradabad (1808).
Before 1800
Benares (a) is one of 35 falls dated before 1800. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1798: Salles in France.