Molina
Seen to fall in 1858 in Spain · 144 kg recovered · H5
Molina is the second-heaviest of the 22 falls recorded in Spain. It recovered the most mass of the 36 falls dated to the 1850s. Cabezo de Mayo came down only 15 km to the south, in 1870.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 38.117° N, 1.167° W
The map is centred on Molina. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabezo de Mayo | 1870 | L/LL6 | 25 kg | 15 km south |
| 2 | Los Martinez | 1894 | L6 | 25 g | 32 km south-east |
| 3 | Quesa | 1898 | Iron, IAB-ung | 11 kg | 107 km north-east |
| 4 | Olmedilla de Alarcón | 1929 | H5 | 40 kg | 180 km north-west |
| 5 | Puerto Lápice | 2007 | Eucrite-br | 500 g | 246 km north-west |
| 6 | Madrid | 1896 | L6 | 400 g | 337 km north-west |
What H5 means
H5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. Molina carries about 48 times the median recovered mass of H5 falls. By recovered mass Molina ranks seventh of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Olmedilla de Alarcón in Spain, 180 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Molina is Ohaba (1857, Romania) and the one after is Alessandria (1860, Italy).
Molina in Spain’s record
In date order Molina is number 6 of the 22 falls recorded in Spain, which run from 1773 to 2007. The fall recorded before Molina in Spain is Oviedo (1856); the next is Cañellas (1861).