Kilabo
Seen to fall in 2002 in Nigeria · 19 kg recovered · LL6
Kilabo is the most recent and third-heaviest of the 15 falls recorded in Nigeria. It is the only LL6 fall recorded in Nigeria.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 12.767° N, 9.800° E
The map is centred on Kilabo. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Kilabo is Maigatari-Danduma, 46 km to the west. Within 250 km lie six other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maigatari-Danduma | 2004 | H5/6 | 4.6 kg | 46 km west |
| 2 | Gashua | 1984 | L6 | 4.2 kg | 134 km east |
| 3 | Katagum | 1999 | L6 | 1.5 kg | 162 km south |
| 4 | Kabo | 1971 | H4 | 13 kg | 200 km south-west |
| 5 | Geidam | 1950 | H5 | 725 g | 230 km east |
| 6 | Gujba | 1984 | CBa | 100 kg | 247 km south-east |
What LL6 means
LL6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Kilabo ranks ninth of the 41 LL6 falls. The nearest other LL6 fall is Galim (a) in Cameroon, 698 km away. In date order among LL6 falls, the one before Kilabo is Bhawad (2002, India) and the one after is Benguerir (2004, Morocco).
Kilabo in Nigeria’s record
The fall recorded before Kilabo in Nigeria is Katagum, in 1999.
The 2000s
Kilabo is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 2002, among them Thuathe in Lesotho, Bensour in Morocco, Neuschwanstein in Germany.