Huaxi
Seen to fall in 2010 in China · 1.6 kg recovered · H5
Huaxi is the most recent of the 54 falls recorded in China. It is the 13th-heaviest of the 16 H5 falls recorded in China. Qingzhen came down only 18 km to the north-west, in 1976.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 26.465° N, 106.632° E
The map is centred on Huaxi. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qingzhen | 1976 | EH3 | 2.6 kg | 18 km north-west |
| 2 | Anlong | 1971 | H5 | 2.5 kg | 206 km south-west |
| 3 | Chadong | 1998 | L6 | 3.7 kg | 351 km north-east |
| 4 | Lunan | 1980 | H6 | 2.5 kg | 382 km south-west |
| 5 | Enshi | 1974 | H5 | 8 kg | 510 km north-east |
| 6 | Jianshi | 1890 | Iron, IIIAB | 600 kg | 558 km north-east |
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 Huaxi ranks 103rd of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Anlong in China, 206 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Huaxi is Whetstone Mountains (2009, the United States) and the one after is Košice (2010, Slovakia).
Huaxi in China’s record
By recovered mass Huaxi comes 41st of 54 there. The fall recorded before Huaxi in China is Chadong, in 1998.
The 2010s
Huaxi is one of 12 falls dated to the 2010s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 2010, among them Košice in Slovakia, Mifflin in the United States, Varre-Sai in Brazil.