Khairpur
Seen to fall in 1873 in Pakistan · 14 kg recovered · EL6
Khairpur is the second-earliest and third-heaviest of the 15 falls recorded in Pakistan. It is the heaviest of the two EL6 falls recorded in Pakistan.
- Group
- Enstatite chondrites
- Recorded position
- 29.533° N, 72.300° E
The map is centred on Khairpur. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Khairpur is Lodran, 48 km to the west. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lodran | 1868 | Lodranite | 1 kg | 48 km west |
| 2 | Jhung | 1873 | L5 | 5.9 kg | 197 km north |
| 3 | Karloowala | 1955 | L6 | 3 kg | 238 km north |
| 4 | Rahimyar Khan | 1983 | L5 | 67 kg | 251 km south-west |
| 5 | Lohawat | 1994 | Howardite | 40 kg | 287 km south |
| 6 | Adhi Kot | 1919 | EH4 | 4.2 kg | 289 km north |
What EL6 means
EL6 is the label for an enstatite chondrite of the low-iron EL group, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Khairpur is one of 17 enstatite chondrites among the observed falls. By recovered mass Khairpur ranks third of the 8 EL6 falls. The nearest other EL6 fall is Jajh deh Kot Lalu in Pakistan, 491 km away. In date order among EL6 falls, the one before Khairpur is Daniel's Kuil (1868, South Africa) and the one after is Hvittis (1901, Finland).
Khairpur in Pakistan’s record
The fall recorded before Khairpur in Pakistan is Jhung (1873); the next is Gambat (1897).
The 1870s
Khairpur is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1873: Virba in Bulgaria, Aleppo in Syria, Santa Barbara in Brazil.