Kemer
Seen to fall in 2008 in Turkey · 5.8 kg recovered · L4
Kemer is the most recent of the 11 falls recorded in Turkey. It is the most recent of the 18 L4 falls.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 36.542° N, 29.418° E
The map is centred on Kemer. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Kemer is Didim, 206 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
What L4 means
L4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Kemer ranks eighth of the 18 L4 falls. The nearest other L4 fall is Lanzenkirchen in Austria, 1,649 km away. In date order among L4 falls, the one before Kemer is New Halfa (1994, Sudan).
Kemer in Turkey’s record
By recovered mass Kemer comes fifth of 11 there. The fall recorded before Kemer in Turkey is Didim, in 2007.
The 2000s
Kemer is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists eight other falls in 2008, among them Sulagiri in India, Tamdakht in Morocco, Buzzard Coulee in Canada.