Chelyabinsk
Seen to fall in 2013 in Russia · 100 kg recovered · LL5
Chelyabinsk is the most recent of the 48 falls recorded in Russia. It recovered the most mass of the 12 falls dated to the 2010s.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 54.817° N, 61.117° E
The map is centred on Chelyabinsk. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Chelyabinsk is Kunashak, 109 km to the north. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunashak | 1949 | L6 | 200 kg | 109 km north |
| 2 | Brient | 1933 | Eucrite-pmict | 219 g | 321 km south |
| 3 | Pesyanoe | 1933 | Aubrite | 3.4 kg | 324 km east |
| 4 | Krasnyi Klyuch | 1946 | H5 | 4 kg | 329 km west |
| 5 | Sterlitamak | 1990 | Iron, IIIAB | 325 kg | 357 km west |
| 6 | Tyumen | 1903 | Iron | 750 g | 379 km north-east |
What LL5 means
LL5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. Chelyabinsk is the most recent of the 19 LL5 falls. Chelyabinsk carries about 56 times the median recovered mass of LL5 falls. By recovered mass Chelyabinsk ranks third of the 19 LL5 falls. The nearest other LL5 fall is Alta'ameem in Iraq, 2,532 km away. In date order among LL5 falls, the one before Chelyabinsk is Al Zarnkh (2001, Sudan).
Chelyabinsk in Russia’s record
By recovered mass Chelyabinsk comes 11th of 48 there. The fall recorded before Chelyabinsk in Russia is Sterlitamak, in 1990.