Heredia
Seen to fall in 1857 in Costa Rica · 1 kg recovered · H5
Heredia is the only observed fall recorded in Costa Rica. It has no other recorded fall within 1,113 km; only four falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 10.000° N, 84.100° W
The map is centred on Heredia. Rings every 1,000 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Heredia is Cali, 1,113 km to the south-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Heredia.
What H5 means
H5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Heredia ranks 116th of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Ucera in Venezuela, 1,562 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Heredia is Oviedo (1856, Spain) and the one after is Ohaba (1857, Romania).
The 1850s
Heredia is one of 36 falls dated to the 1850s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1857, among them Parnallee in India, Ohaba in Romania, Quenggouk in Myanmar.