Nagaria
Seen to fall in 1875 in India · 20 g recovered · Eucrite-cm
Nagaria is the earliest of the five Eucrite-cm falls. It is the lightest of the two Eucrite-cm falls recorded in India. Kadonah came down only 16 km to the north-east, in 1822.
- Recorded position
- 26.983° N, 78.217° E
The map is centred on Nagaria. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie 14 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kadonah | 1822 | H6 | 89 g | 16 km north-east |
| 2 | Kheragur | 1860 | L6 | 450 g | 33 km west |
| 3 | Ambapur Nagla | 1895 | H5 | 6.4 kg | 76 km north |
| 4 | Chandpur | 1885 | L6 | 1.1 kg | 89 km east |
| 5 | Moti-ka-nagla | 1868 | H6 | 1.5 kg | 89 km west |
| 6 | Ekh Khera | 1916 | H6 | 840 g | 153 km north |
What Eucrite-cm means
Eucrite-cm is the label for a eucrite, a basaltic rock from the crust of a melted parent body. Nagaria has the smallest recovered mass of the 5 Eucrite-cm falls. The nearest other Eucrite-cm fall is Vissannapeta in India, 1,158 km away. In date order among Eucrite-cm falls, the one after is Moore County (1913, the United States).
Nagaria in India’s record
In date order Nagaria is number 41 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Nagaria comes 118th of 124 there. The fall recorded before Nagaria in India is Dyalpur (1872); the next is Sitathali (1875).
The 1870s
Nagaria is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1875, among them Homestead in the United States, Mornans in France, Zsadany in Hungary.