Hedjaz
Seen to fall in 1910 in Saudi Arabia · 6.1 kg recovered · L3.7-6
Hedjaz is the earliest and heaviest of the four falls recorded in Saudi Arabia. The nearest other recorded fall is Akaba, 250 km to the north.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 27.333° N, 35.667° E
The map is centred on Hedjaz. Rings every 250 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Hedjaz.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akaba | 1949 | L6 | 779 g | 250 km north |
| 2 | Sinai | 1916 | L6 | 1.5 kg | 503 km north-west |
| 3 | Al Rais | 1957 | CR2-an | 160 g | 503 km south-east |
| 4 | Nakhla | 1911 | Martian (nakhlite) | 10 kg | 679 km north-west |
| 5 | Beyrout | 1921 | LL3.8 | 1.1 kg | 729 km north |
| 6 | Almahata Sitta | 2008 | Ureilite-an | 4 kg | 803 km south-west |
What L3.7-6 means
L3.7-6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 6. Hedjaz is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed L3.7-6.
Hedjaz in Saudi Arabia’s record
The next fall recorded in Saudi Arabia is Al Rais, in 1957.
The 1910s
Hedjaz is one of 65 falls dated to the 1910s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1910, among them St. Michel in Finland, Vigarano in Italy, Khohar in India.