Chassigny
Seen to fall in 1815 in France · 4 kg recovered · Martian (chassignite)
Chassigny is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Martian (chassignite). It is one of five Martian meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Martian meteorites
- Recorded position
- 47.717° N, 5.367° E
The map is centred on Chassigny. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Chassigny is Ornans, 89 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie 15 other recorded falls.
What Martian (chassignite) means
Martian (chassignite) is the label for a Martian meteorite of the chassignite type.
Chassigny in France’s record
In date order Chassigny is number 15 of the 58 falls recorded in France, which run from 1491 to 2002. By recovered mass Chassigny comes 29th of 58 there. The fall recorded before Chassigny in France is Agen (1814); the next is Jonzac (1819).
The 1810s
Chassigny is one of 24 falls dated to the 1810s. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1815: Durala in India.