Hessle
Seen to fall in 1869 in Sweden · 20 kg recovered · H5
Hessle is the earliest and second-heaviest of the nine falls recorded in Sweden. It is the second-heaviest of the four H5 falls recorded in Sweden.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 59.850° N, 17.667° E
The map is centred on Hessle. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Hessle is Långhalsen, 123 km to the south-west. Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Långhalsen | 1947 | L6 | 2.3 kg | 123 km south-west |
| 2 | Ställdalen | 1876 | H5 | 34 kg | 152 km west |
| 3 | Hallingeberg | 1944 | L3.4 | 1.5 kg | 241 km south |
| 4 | Haverö | 1971 | Ureilite | 1.5 kg | 248 km east |
| 5 | Hvittis | 1901 | EL6 | 14 kg | 312 km north-east |
| 6 | Trysil | 1927 | L/LL6 | 640 g | 334 km north-west |
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 Hessle ranks 26th of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Ställdalen in Sweden, 152 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Hessle is Slavetic (1868, Croatia) and the one after is Laborel (1871, France).
Hessle in Sweden’s record
The next fall recorded in Sweden is Ställdalen, in 1876.
The 1860s
Hessle is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1869, among them Kernouve in France, Tjabe in Indonesia, Krähenberg in Germany.