Kavarpura
Seen to fall in 2006 in India · 6.8 kg recovered · Iron, IIE-an
Kavarpura is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Iron, IIE-an. The nearest other recorded fall is Lua, 70 km to the west.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 25.143° N, 75.813° E
The map is centred on Kavarpura. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie nine other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lua | 1926 | L5 | 9.2 kg | 70 km west |
| 2 | Samelia | 1921 | Iron, IIIAB | 2.5 kg | 111 km north-west |
| 3 | Tonk | 1911 | CI1 | 7.7 g | 120 km south-east |
| 4 | Devri-Khera | 1994 | L6 | 1.1 kg | 125 km south-east |
| 5 | Pulsora | 1863 | H5 | 560 g | 208 km south |
| 6 | Piplia Kalan | 1996 | Eucrite-mmict | 42 kg | 212 km north-west |
What Iron, IIE-an means
Iron, IIE-an is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IIE (anomalous), defined by its nickel and trace-element content.
Kavarpura in India’s record
In date order Kavarpura is number 121 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Kavarpura comes 32nd of 124 there. The fall recorded before Kavarpura in India is Jodiya (2006); the next is Mahadevpur (2007).
The 2000s
Kavarpura is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 2006: Bassikounou in Mauritania, Werdama in Libya, Moss in Norway.