Montferré
Seen to fall in 1923 in France · 149 kg recovered · H5
Montferré is the second-heaviest of the 58 falls recorded in France. It carries about 50 times the median recovered mass of H5 falls.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 43.391° N, 1.962° E
The map is centred on Montferré. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Montferré is Toulouse, 51 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie 22 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toulouse | 1812 | H6 | 1 kg | 51 km north-west |
| 2 | Granes | 1964 | L6 | 9 kg | 59 km south-east |
| 3 | Saint-Sauveur | 1914 | EH5 | 14 kg | 60 km north-west |
| 4 | Orgueil | 1864 | CI1 | 14 kg | 72 km north-west |
| 5 | St.-Chinian | 1959 | L6 | 134 g | 80 km east |
| 6 | Ausson | 1858 | L5 | 50 kg | 117 km 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. By recovered mass Montferré ranks sixth of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Favars in France, 130 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Montferré is Hedeskoga (1922, Sweden) and the one after is Fenghsien-Ku (1924, China).
Montferré in France’s record
In date order Montferré is number 51 of the 58 falls recorded in France, which run from 1491 to 2002. The fall recorded before Montferré in France is Saint-Sauveur (1914); the next is Hainaut (1934).
The 1920s
Montferré is one of 68 falls dated to the 1920s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1923, among them Nakhon Pathom in Thailand, Serra de Magé in Brazil, Holetta in Ethiopia.