Novo-Urei
Seen to fall in 1886 in Russia · 1.9 kg recovered · Ureilite
Novo-Urei is the heaviest of the four Ureilite falls. It is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 54.817° N, 46.000° E
The map is centred on Novo-Urei. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Novo-Urei is Saratov, 255 km to the south. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Novo-Urei.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saratov | 1918 | L4 | 200 kg | 255 km south |
| 2 | Vetluga | 1949 | Eucrite-mmict | 750 g | 332 km north |
| 3 | Krasnoi-Ugol | 1829 | L6 | 2.4 kg | 341 km west |
| 4 | Pavlovka | 1882 | Howardite | 2 kg | 368 km south-west |
| 5 | Boriskino | 1930 | CM2 | 1.3 kg | 423 km east |
| 6 | Lavrentievka | 1938 | L6 | 800 g | 451 km south-east |
What Ureilite means
Ureilite is the label for a ureilite, a carbon-bearing achondrite of olivine and pyroxene. The nearest other Ureilite fall is Haverö in Finland, 1,540 km away. In date order among Ureilite falls, the one before Novo-Urei is Dyalpur (1872, India) and the one after is Lahrauli (1955, India).
Novo-Urei in Russia’s record
In date order Novo-Urei is number 14 of the 48 falls recorded in Russia, which run from 1805 to 2013. By recovered mass Novo-Urei comes 33rd of 48 there. The fall recorded before Novo-Urei in Russia is Pavlovka (1882); the next is Ochansk (1887).
The 1880s
Novo-Urei is one of 40 falls dated to the 1880s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1886, among them Cabin Creek in the United States, Kyushu in Japan, Nammianthal in India.