Dyalpur
Seen to fall in 1872 in India · 300 g recovered · Ureilite
Dyalpur is the earliest of the four Ureilite falls. It is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 26.250° N, 82.000° E
The map is centred on Dyalpur. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Dyalpur is Kamalpur, 58 km to the south-west. Dyalpur has 24 other recorded falls within 250 km, one of the 20 most crowded spots in the record.
What Ureilite means
Ureilite is the label for a ureilite, a carbon-bearing achondrite of olivine and pyroxene. Dyalpur has the smallest recovered mass of the 4 Ureilite falls. The nearest other Ureilite fall is Lahrauli in India, 93 km away. In date order among Ureilite falls, the one after is Novo-Urei (1886, Russia).
Dyalpur in India’s record
In date order Dyalpur is number 40 of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Dyalpur comes 96th of 124 there. The fall recorded before Dyalpur in India is Nedagolla (1870); the next is Nagaria (1875).
The 1870s
Dyalpur is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1872: Lancé in France, Tennasilm in Estonia, Orvinio in Italy.