Mauerkirchen
Seen to fall in 1768 in Austria · 19 kg recovered · L6
Mauerkirchen is the earliest and heaviest of the three falls recorded in Austria. It is the heaviest of the two L6 falls recorded in Austria.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 48.183° N, 13.133° E
The map is centred on Mauerkirchen. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Mauerkirchen is Mässing, 39 km to the west. Within 250 km lie 13 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mässing | 1803 | Howardite | 1.6 kg | 39 km west |
| 2 | Prambachkirchen | 1932 | L6 | 2.1 kg | 61 km east |
| 3 | Eichstädt | 1785 | H5 | 3 kg | 162 km north-west |
| 4 | Tabor | 1753 | H5 | 7.5 kg | 175 km north-east |
| 5 | Pribram | 1959 | H5 | 5.6 kg | 178 km north |
| 6 | Neuschwanstein | 2002 | EL6 | 6.2 kg | 188 km west |
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 Mauerkirchen ranks 44th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Prambachkirchen in Austria, 61 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Mauerkirchen is Lucé (1768, France) and the one after is Kharkov (1787, Ukraine).
Mauerkirchen in Austria’s record
The next fall recorded in Austria is Lanzenkirchen, in 1925.
Before 1800
Mauerkirchen is one of 35 falls dated before 1800. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1768: Lucé in France.