L'Aigle
Seen to fall in 1803 in France · 37 kg recovered · L6
L'Aigle is the heaviest of the 20 L6 falls recorded in France. The nearest other recorded fall is Lucé, 103 km to the south. By recovered mass it ranks fourth of the 16 falls dated to the same decade.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 48.767° N, 0.633° E
The map is centred on L'Aigle. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie 16 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucé | 1768 | L6 | 3.5 kg | 103 km south |
| 2 | Le Teilleul | 1845 | Howardite | 780 g | 113 km west |
| 3 | Charsonville | 1810 | H6 | 27 kg | 116 km south-east |
| 4 | Lancé | 1872 | CO3.5 | 52 kg | 123 km south |
| 5 | Montlivault | 1838 | L6 | 500 g | 144 km south-east |
| 6 | Chitenay | 1978 | L6 | 4 kg | 146 km south |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass L'Aigle ranks 26th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Lucé in France, 103 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before L'Aigle is Apt (1803, France) and the one after is Bocas (1804, Mexico).
L'Aigle in France’s record
In date order L'Aigle is number 7 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 58 falls recorded in France, which run from 1491 to 2002. By recovered mass L'Aigle comes eighth of 58 there. The fall recorded before L'Aigle in France is Apt (1803); the next is Asco (1805).
The 1800s
Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1803: Mässing in Germany.