Doroninsk
Seen to fall in 1805 in Russia · 3.9 kg recovered · H5-7
Doroninsk is the earliest of the 48 falls recorded in Russia. It has no other recorded fall within 679 km; only 18 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 51.200° N, 112.300° E
The map is centred on Doroninsk. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Doroninsk is Tounkin, 679 km to the west. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Doroninsk.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tounkin | 1824 | Ordinary chondrite | 2 kg | 679 km west |
| 2 | Dong Ujimqin Qi | 1995 | Mesosiderite | 129 kg | 805 km south-east |
| 3 | Tugalin-Bulen | 1967 | H6 | 10 kg | 816 km south-west |
| 4 | Xi Ujimgin | 1980 | L/LL6-an | 5.9 kg | 823 km south-east |
| 5 | Palinshih | 1914 | Iron | 18 kg | 980 km south-east |
| 6 | Taonan | 1965 | L5 | 3.9 kg | 1,014 km south-east |
What H5-7 means
H5-7 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 5 to 7. Doroninsk is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed H5-7.
Doroninsk in Russia’s record
By recovered mass Doroninsk comes 25th of 48 there. The next fall recorded in Russia is Timochin, in 1807.
The 1800s
Doroninsk is one of 16 falls dated to the 1800s. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1805: Asco in France.