Duwun
Seen to fall in 1943 in South Korea · 2.1 kg recovered · L6
Duwun is the most recent and heaviest of the three falls recorded in South Korea. It is the only L6 fall recorded in South Korea.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 33.433° N, 127.267° E
The map is centred on Duwun. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Duwun is Unkoku, 154 km to the north. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Duwun ranks 143rd of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Nogata in Japan, 324 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Duwun is Maziba (1942, Uganda) and the one after is Leedey (1943, the United States).
Duwun in South Korea’s record
The fall recorded before Duwun in South Korea is Gyokukei, in 1930.
The 1940s
Duwun is one of 55 falls dated to the 1940s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1943: Leedey in the United States, Benoni in South Africa.