Beni M'hira
Seen to fall in 2001 in Tunisia · 19 kg recovered · L6
Beni M'hira is the most recent and heaviest of the five falls recorded in Tunisia. It is the heaviest of the two L6 falls recorded in Tunisia.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 32.867° N, 10.800° E
The map is centred on Beni M'hira. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Beni M'hira is Tatahouine, 37 km to the west. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatahouine | 1931 | Diogenite | 12 kg | 37 km west |
| 2 | Sfax | 1989 | L6 | 7 kg | 210 km north |
| 3 | Dahmani | 1981 | LL6 | 18 kg | 355 km north-west |
| 4 | Djoumine | 1999 | H5-6 | 10 kg | 468 km north |
| 5 | Feid Chair | 1875 | H4 | 380 g | 495 km north-west |
| 6 | Girgenti | 1853 | L6 | 18 kg | 555 km north-east |
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 Beni M'hira ranks 45th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Sfax in Tunisia, 210 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Beni M'hira is Leighlinbridge (1999, Ireland) and the one after is Maromandia (2002, Madagascar).
Beni M'hira in Tunisia’s record
The fall recorded before Beni M'hira in Tunisia is Djoumine, in 1999.
The 2000s
Beni M'hira is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 2001, among them Dergaon in India, Devgaon in India, Bukhara in Uzbekistan.