Jilin
Seen to fall in 1976 in China · 4 tonnes recovered · H5
Jilin has the second-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the 54 falls recorded in China, and of the 159 H5 falls.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 44.050° N, 126.167° E
The map is centred on Jilin. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Jilin is Quija, 63 km to the north. Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quija | 1990 | H | 17 kg | 63 km north |
| 2 | Shuangyang | 1971 | H5 | 3.9 kg | 73 km south-west |
| 3 | Songyuan | 1993 | L6 | 37 kg | 162 km north-west |
| 4 | Zhaodong | 1984 | L4 | 42 kg | 197 km north |
| 5 | Lanxi | 1986 | L6 | 1.3 kg | 244 km north |
| 6 | Taonan | 1965 | L5 | 3.9 kg | 299 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. The nearest other H5 fall is Shuangyang in China, 73 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Jilin is Enshi (1974, China) and the one after is Zhuanghe (1976, China).
Jilin in China’s record
In date order Jilin is number 21 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 54 falls recorded in China, which run from 1890 to 2010. The fall recorded before Jilin in China is Ningbo (1975); the next is Junan (1976).
The 1970s
Jilin recovered the most mass of the 57 falls dated to the 1970s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1976, among them Dhajala in India, Acapulco in Mexico, Dowa in Malawi.