Kakangari
Seen to fall in 1890 in India · 350 g recovered · K3
Kakangari is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed K3. It is one of two rumuruti and kakangari chondrites among the observed falls.
- Recorded position
- 12.383° N, 78.517° E
The map is centred on Kakangari. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Kakangari is Sulagiri, 61 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulagiri | 2008 | LL6 | 110 kg | 61 km north-west |
| 2 | Nammianthal | 1886 | H5 | 4.5 kg | 75 km east |
| 3 | Punganaru | 1811 | Unclassified stone | 100 g | 116 km north-east |
| 4 | Valdavur | 1944 | H6 | 2.8 kg | 141 km east |
| 5 | Gurram Konda | 1814 | L6 | 28 g | 156 km north |
| 6 | Muddoor | 1865 | L5 | 4.4 kg | 165 km west |
What K3 means
K3 is the label for a Kakangari-type (K) chondrite, one of the rarest chondrite groups.
Kakangari in India’s record
In date order Kakangari is number 54 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Kakangari comes 94th of 124 there. The fall recorded before Kakangari in India is Lalitpur (1887); the next is Nawapali (1890).
The 1890s
Kakangari is one of 51 falls dated to the 1890s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 1890, among them Jianshi in China, Forest City in the United States, Farmington in the United States.