Bjurböle
Seen to fall in 1899 in Finland · 330 kg recovered · L/LL4
Bjurböle has the tenth-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the five falls recorded in Finland, and of the three L/LL4 falls.
- Recorded position
- 60.400° N, 25.800° E
The map is centred on Bjurböle. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Bjurböle is Luotolax, 136 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luotolax | 1813 | Howardite | 885 g | 136 km north-east |
| 2 | St. Michel | 1910 | L6 | 17 kg | 158 km north-east |
| 3 | Hvittis | 1901 | EL6 | 14 kg | 190 km north-west |
| 4 | Pillistfer | 1863 | EL6 | 23 kg | 193 km south |
| 5 | Haverö | 1971 | Ureilite | 1.5 kg | 206 km west |
| 6 | Oesel | 1855 | L6 | 6 kg | 264 km south-west |
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. The nearest other L/LL4 fall is Albareto in Italy, 2,006 km away. In date order among L/LL4 falls, the one before Bjurböle is Cynthiana (1877, the United States).
Bjurböle in Finland’s record
In date order Bjurböle is number 2 of the 5 falls recorded in Finland, which run from 1813 to 1971. The fall recorded before Bjurböle in Finland is Luotolax (1813); the next is Hvittis (1901).
The 1890s
Bjurböle is one of 51 falls dated to the 1890s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1899, among them Allegan in the United States, Zomba in Malawi, Magnesia in Turkey.