Kayakent
Seen to fall in 1961 in Turkey · 85 kg recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Kayakent is the heaviest of the 11 falls recorded in Turkey. It is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 39.263° N, 31.780° E
The map is centred on Kayakent. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Kayakent is Bursa, 241 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
What Iron, IIIAB means
Iron, IIIAB is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IIIAB, defined by its nickel and trace-element content. By recovered mass Kayakent ranks third of the 10 Iron, IIIAB falls. The nearest other Iron, IIIAB fall is Sterlitamak in Russia, 2,428 km away. In date order among Iron, IIIAB falls, the one before Kayakent is Nyaung (1939, Myanmar) and the one after is Juromenha (1968, Portugal).
Kayakent in Turkey’s record
In date order Kayakent is number 6 of the 11 falls recorded in Turkey, which run from 1899 to 2008. The fall recorded before Kayakent in Turkey is Bursa (1946); the next is Çanakkale (1964).
The 1960s
Kayakent is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1961, among them Harleton in the United States, Djermaia in Chad, Ehole in Angola.