Krymka
Seen to fall in 1946 in Ukraine · 50 kg recovered · LL3.2
Krymka is the third-heaviest of the 29 falls recorded in Ukraine. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed LL3.2.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 47.833° N, 30.767° E
The map is centred on Krymka. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Krymka is Mighei, 30 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lie six other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mighei | 1889 | CM2 | 8 kg | 30 km north-east |
| 2 | Savtschenskoje | 1894 | LL4 | 2.5 kg | 96 km south-west |
| 3 | Grossliebenthal | 1881 | L6 | 8 kg | 166 km south |
| 4 | Bjelaja Zerkov | 1796 | H6 | 1.9 kg | 221 km north |
| 5 | Kagarlyk | 1908 | L6 | 1.9 kg | 226 km north |
| 6 | Vavilovka | 1876 | LL6 | 1.9 kg | 244 km south-east |
What LL3.2 means
LL3.2 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture.
Krymka in Ukraine’s record
In date order Krymka is number 24 of the 29 falls recorded in Ukraine, which run from 1787 to 1995. The fall recorded before Krymka in Ukraine is Chervony Kut (1939); the next is Elenovka (1951).
The 1940s
Krymka is one of 55 falls dated to the 1940s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1946, among them Peña Blanca Spring in the United States, Walters in the United States, Bursa in Turkey.