Bruderheim
Seen to fall in 1960 in Canada · 303 kg recovered · L6
Bruderheim has the 14th-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the 16 falls recorded in Canada, and of the 254 L6 falls.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 53.900° N, 112.883° W
The map is centred on Bruderheim. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Bruderheim is Abee, 36 km to the north. Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. The nearest other L6 fall is Peace River in Canada, 406 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Bruderheim is St.-Chinian (1959, France) and the one after is Woolgorong (1960, Australia).
Bruderheim in Canada’s record
In date order Bruderheim is number 7 of the 16 falls recorded in Canada, which run from 1887 to 2009. The fall recorded before Bruderheim in Canada is Abee (1952); the next is Peace River (1963).
The 1960s
Bruderheim is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1960: Millbillillie in Australia, Woolgorong in Australia, Soheria in India.