Jumapalo
Seen to fall in 1984 in Indonesia · 32 kg recovered · L6
Jumapalo is the most recent and second-heaviest of the 16 falls recorded in Indonesia. It is the heaviest of the three L6 falls recorded in Indonesia.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 7.717° S, 111.200° E
The map is centred on Jumapalo. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Jumapalo is Madiun, 37 km to the east. Within 250 km lie seven other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madiun | 1935 | L6 | 400 g | 37 km east |
| 2 | Ngawi | 1883 | LL3.6 | 1.4 kg | 38 km north-east |
| 3 | Djati-Pengilon | 1884 | H6 | 166 kg | 41 km north-east |
| 4 | Tjabe | 1869 | H6 | 20 kg | 79 km north-east |
| 5 | Kediri | 1940 | L4 | 3.3 kg | 90 km east |
| 6 | Rembang | 1919 | Iron, IVA | 10 kg | 111 km north |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Jumapalo ranks 30th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Madiun in Indonesia, 37 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Jumapalo is Gashua (1984, Nigeria) and the one after is La Criolla (1985, Argentina).
Jumapalo in Indonesia’s record
The fall recorded before Jumapalo in Indonesia is Cilimus, in 1979.
The 1980s
Jumapalo is one of 54 falls dated to the 1980s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1984, among them Gujba in Nigeria, Zhaodong in China, Zaoyang in China.