Nassirah
Seen to fall in 1936 in New Caledonia · 347 g recovered · H4
Nassirah is the only observed fall recorded in New Caledonia. It has no other recorded fall within 1,590 km; only three falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 21.733° S, 165.900° E
The map is centred on Nassirah. Rings every 1,000 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Nassirah is Rockhampton, 1,590 km to the west. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Nassirah.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockhampton | 1895 | Unclassified stone | 1.6 kg | 1,590 km west |
| 2 | Emmaville | 1900 | Eucrite-mmict | 127 g | 1,668 km south-west |
| 3 | Dunbogan | 1999 | L6 | 30 g | 1,702 km south-west |
| 4 | Narellan | 1928 | L6 | 368 g | 2,023 km south-west |
| 5 | Mokoia | 1908 | CV3 | 4.5 kg | 2,147 km south |
| 6 | Forest Vale | 1942 | H4 | 26 kg | 2,272 km south-west |
What H4 means
H4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Nassirah ranks 48th of the 50 H4 falls. The nearest other H4 fall is Forest Vale in Australia, 2,272 km away. In date order among H4 falls, the one before Nassirah is Nikolaevka (1935, Kazakhstan) and the one after is Ekeby (1939, Sweden).
The 1930s
Nassirah is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1936, among them Ichkala in Russia, Macibini in South Africa, Yurtuk in Ukraine.