Lahrauli
Seen to fall in 1955 in India · 900 g recovered · Ureilite
Lahrauli is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls. It is the heaviest of the two Ureilite falls recorded in India. Pokhra came down only 8.9 km to the south-west, in 1866.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 26.783° N, 82.717° E
The map is centred on Lahrauli. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Lahrauli has 23 other recorded falls within 250 km, one of the 20 most crowded spots in the record.
What Ureilite means
Ureilite is the label for a ureilite, a carbon-bearing achondrite of olivine and pyroxene. By recovered mass Lahrauli ranks third of the 4 Ureilite falls. The nearest other Ureilite fall is Dyalpur in India, 93 km away. In date order among Ureilite falls, the one before Lahrauli is Novo-Urei (1886, Russia) and the one after is Haverö (1971, Finland).
Lahrauli in India’s record
In date order Lahrauli is number 101 of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Lahrauli comes 81st of 124 there. The fall recorded before Lahrauli in India is Madhipura (1950); the next is Soheria (1960).
The 1950s
Lahrauli is one of 58 falls dated to the 1950s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1955: Karloowala in Pakistan, Zvonkov in Ukraine, Messina in Italy.