Maromandia
Seen to fall in 2002 in Madagascar · 6 kg recovered · L6
Maromandia is the only observed fall recorded in Madagascar. It has no other recorded fall within 1,104 km; only five falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 14.200° S, 48.100° E
The map is centred on Maromandia. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Maromandia is Rupota, 1,104 km to the west. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Maromandia.
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 Maromandia ranks 84th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Zomba in Malawi, 1,383 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Maromandia is Beni M'hira (2001, Tunisia) and the one after is San Michele (2002, Italy).
The 2000s
Maromandia 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, Kilabo in Nigeria.