Caratash
Seen to fall in 1902 in Turkey · 8 g recovered · LL6
Caratash is one of the smallest recoveries in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013): only 12 falls were logged with less. It is the lightest of the 11 falls recorded in Turkey.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 38.500° N, 27.000° E
The map is centred on Caratash. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Caratash is Sediköy, 25 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sediköy | 1917 | L6 | 240 g | 25 km south-east |
| 2 | Magnesia | 1899 | Iron, IAB-sHL | 5 kg | 84 km south-east |
| 3 | Didim | 2007 | H3-5 | 3.4 kg | 131 km south |
| 4 | Çanakkale | 1964 | L6 | 4 kg | 149 km north |
| 5 | Domanitch | 1907 | L5 | 438 g | 240 km north-east |
| 6 | Bursa | 1946 | L6 | 25 kg | 269 km north-east |
What LL6 means
LL6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. The nearest other LL6 fall is Jelica in Serbia, 808 km away. In date order among LL6 falls, the one before Caratash is Ottawa (1896, the United States) and the one after is Tomakovka (1905, Ukraine).
Caratash in Turkey’s record
In date order Caratash is number 2 of the 11 falls recorded in Turkey, which run from 1899 to 2008. The fall recorded before Caratash in Turkey is Magnesia (1899); the next is Domanitch (1907).
The 1900s
Caratash is one of 55 falls dated to the 1900s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1902, among them Bath Furnace in the United States, Marjalahti in Russia, Mount Browne in Australia.