Innisfree
Seen to fall in 1977 in Canada · 4.6 kg recovered · L5
Innisfree is the second-heaviest of the three L5 falls recorded in Canada. The nearest other recorded fall is Vilna, 93 km to the north. By recovered mass it ranks 21st of the 57 falls dated to the same decade.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 53.415° N, 111.338° W
The map is centred on Innisfree. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vilna | 1967 | L5 | 0.1 g | 93 km north |
| 2 | Buzzard Coulee | 2008 | H4 | 41 kg | 110 km south-east |
| 3 | Bruderheim | 1960 | L6 | 303 kg | 115 km north-west |
| 4 | Abee | 1952 | EH4 | 107 kg | 141 km north-west |
| 5 | Beaver Creek | 1893 | H5 | 14 kg | 478 km south-west |
| 6 | Peace River | 1963 | L6 | 46 kg | 520 km north-west |
What L5 means
L5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Innisfree ranks 35th of the 76 L5 falls. The nearest other L5 fall is Vilna in Canada, 93 km away. In date order among L5 falls, the one before Innisfree is Grefsheim (1976, Norway) and the one after is Lishui (1978, China).
Innisfree in Canada’s record
In date order Innisfree is number 11 of the 16 falls recorded in Canada, which run from 1887 to 2009. By recovered mass Innisfree comes tenth of 16 there. The fall recorded before Innisfree in Canada is Vilna (1967); the next is St-Robert (1994).
The 1970s
Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1977, among them Xingyang in China, El Paso de Aguila in Mexico, Bo Xian in China.