Palinshih
Seen to fall in 1914 in China · 18 kg recovered · Iron
Palinshih is the second-earliest of the 54 falls recorded in China. It is the heaviest of the seven Iron falls.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 43.483° N, 118.617° E
The map is centred on Palinshih. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Palinshih is Xi Ujimgin, 159 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xi Ujimgin | 1980 | L/LL6-an | 5.9 kg | 159 km north-west |
| 2 | Dong Ujimqin Qi | 1995 | Mesosiderite | 129 kg | 227 km north |
| 3 | Taonan | 1965 | L5 | 3.9 kg | 401 km north-east |
| 4 | Guangmingshan | 1996 | H5 | 2.9 kg | 535 km south-east |
| 5 | Songyuan | 1993 | L6 | 37 kg | 544 km north-east |
| 6 | Zhuanghe | 1976 | H5 | 2.9 kg | 558 km south-east |
What Iron means
Iron is the label for an iron meteorite without an assigned chemical group in this record. Palinshih is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls. The nearest other Iron fall is Sakauchi in Japan, 1,742 km away. In date order among Iron falls, the one before Palinshih is Sakauchi (1913, Japan) and the one after is Patti (1922, Italy).
Palinshih in China’s record
By recovered mass Palinshih comes 14th of 54 there. The fall recorded before Palinshih in China is Jianshi (1890); the next is Renqiu (1916).
The 1910s
Palinshih is one of 65 falls dated to the 1910s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1914, among them Kuttippuram in India, Appley Bridge in the United Kingdom, Saint-Sauveur in France.