Ornans
Seen to fall in 1868 in France · 6 kg recovered · CO3.4
Ornans is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed CO3.4. The nearest other recorded fall is Chervettaz, 81 km to the south-east.
- Recorded position
- 47.117° N, 6.150° E
The map is centred on Ornans. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie 12 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chervettaz | 1901 | L5 | 705 g | 81 km south-east |
| 2 | Ulmiz | 1926 | L | 77 g | 83 km east |
| 3 | Menziswyl | 1903 | L5 | 29 g | 88 km east |
| 4 | Chassigny | 1815 | Martian (chassignite) | 4 kg | 89 km north-west |
| 5 | Utzenstorf | 1928 | H5 | 3.4 kg | 106 km east |
| 6 | Épinal | 1822 | H5 | 277 g | 121 km north |
What CO3.4 means
CO3.4 is the label for a carbonaceous chondrite of the CO (Ornans type) group, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture.
Ornans in France’s record
In date order Ornans is number 39 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 58 falls recorded in France, which run from 1491 to 2002. By recovered mass Ornans comes 25th of 58 there. The fall recorded before Ornans in France is St. Mesmin (1866); the next is Sauguis (1868).
The 1860s
Ornans is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1868, among them Pultusk in Poland, Motta di Conti in Italy, Danville in the United States.