Kidairat
Seen to fall in 1983 in Sudan · 100 kg recovered · H6
Kidairat is the heaviest of the seven falls recorded in Sudan. It is the third-heaviest of the 91 H6 falls.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 14.000° N, 28.000° E
The map is centred on Kidairat. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Kidairat is Al Zarnkh, 110 km to the east. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Zarnkh | 2001 | LL5 | 700 g | 110 km east |
| 2 | Umm Ruaba | 1966 | L5 | 1.7 kg | 352 km east |
| 3 | Kingai | 1967 | H6 | 67 g | 446 km south-west |
| 4 | Malakal | 1970 | L5 | 2 kg | 646 km south-east |
| 5 | New Halfa | 1994 | L4 | 12 kg | 840 km east |
| 6 | Almahata Sitta | 2008 | Ureilite-an | 4 kg | 884 km north-east |
What H6 means
H6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Kidairat carries about 40 times the median recovered mass of H6 falls. The nearest other H6 fall is Kingai in Sudan, 446 km away. In date order among H6 falls, the one before Kidairat is Chiang Khan (1981, Laos) and the one after is Nantong (1984, China).
Kidairat in Sudan’s record
In date order Kidairat is number 4 of the 7 falls recorded in Sudan, which run from 1932 to 2008. The fall recorded before Kidairat in Sudan is Kingai (1967); the next is New Halfa (1994).
The 1980s
Kidairat is one of 54 falls dated to the 1980s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1983: Rahimyar Khan in Pakistan, Ningqiang in China, Maryville in the United States.