Chernyi Bor
Seen to fall in 1964 in Belarus · 6 kg recovered · H4
Chernyi Bor is the most recent and heaviest of the three falls recorded in Belarus. It is the only H4 fall recorded in Belarus.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 53.700° N, 30.100° E
The map is centred on Chernyi Bor. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Chernyi Bor is Zabrodje, 217 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zabrodje | 1893 | L6 | 3 kg | 217 km north-west |
| 2 | Galkiv | 1995 | H4 | 5 kg | 229 km south |
| 3 | Leonovka | 1900 | L6 | 700 g | 243 km south-east |
| 4 | Kikino | 1809 | H6 | 195 g | 291 km north-east |
| 5 | Zmenj | 1858 | Howardite | 246 g | 302 km south-west |
| 6 | Kukschin | 1938 | L6 | 2.2 kg | 304 km south |
What H4 means
H4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Chernyi Bor ranks 23rd of the 50 H4 falls. The nearest other H4 fall is Galkiv in Ukraine, 229 km away. In date order among H4 falls, the one before Chernyi Bor is São Jose do Rio Preto (1962, Brazil) and the one after is Conquista (1965, Brazil).
Chernyi Bor in Belarus’s record
The fall recorded before Chernyi Bor in Belarus is Zabrodje, in 1893.
The 1960s
Chernyi Bor is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1964, among them Granes in France, Çanakkale in Turkey, Muzaffarpur in India.