Douar Mghila
Seen to fall in 1932 in Morocco · 1.2 kg recovered · LL6
Douar Mghila is the earliest and lightest of the eight falls recorded in Morocco. It is the lightest of the four LL6 falls recorded in Morocco.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 32.333° N, 6.300° W
The map is centred on Douar Mghila. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Douar Mghila is Tamdakht, 147 km to the south-west. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
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. By recovered mass Douar Mghila ranks 29th of the 41 LL6 falls. The nearest other LL6 fall is Benguerir in Morocco, 174 km away. In date order among LL6 falls, the one before Douar Mghila is Yukan (1931, China) and the one after is Athens (1933, the United States).
Douar Mghila in Morocco’s record
The next fall recorded in Morocco is Oued el Hadjar, in 1986.
The 1930s
Douar Mghila is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 1932, among them Gualeguaychú in Argentina, Archie in the United States, Kuznetzovo in Russia.