Lohawat
Seen to fall in 1994 in India · 40 kg recovered · Howardite
Lohawat is the most recent and heaviest of the 16 Howardite falls. It is the heaviest of the two Howardite falls recorded in India.
- Recorded position
- 26.966° N, 72.627° E
The map is centred on Lohawat. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Lohawat is Bhawad, 70 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhawad | 2002 | LL6 | 678 g | 70 km south-east |
| 2 | Piplia Kalan | 1996 | Eucrite-mmict | 42 kg | 167 km south-east |
| 3 | Desuri | 1962 | H6 | 25 kg | 169 km south-east |
| 4 | Rangala | 1937 | L6 | 3.2 kg | 186 km south |
| 5 | Samelia | 1921 | Iron, IIIAB | 2.5 kg | 266 km south-east |
| 6 | Rahimyar Khan | 1983 | L5 | 67 kg | 277 km north-west |
What Howardite means
Howardite is the label for a howardite, a broken-up mix of eucrite and diogenite material. The nearest other Howardite fall is Bholghati in India, 1,541 km away. In date order among Howardite falls, the one before Lohawat is Molteno (1953, South Africa).
Lohawat in India’s record
In date order Lohawat is number 110 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Lohawat comes eighth of 124 there. The fall recorded before Lohawat in India is Devri-Khera (1994); the next is Piplia Kalan (1996).
The 1990s
Lohawat is one of 54 falls dated to the 1990s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1994, among them St-Robert in Canada, Baszkówka in Poland, New Halfa in Sudan.