Paranaiba
Seen to fall in 1956 in Brazil · 100 kg recovered · L6
Paranaiba is the second-heaviest of the 22 falls recorded in Brazil. It carries about 33 times the median recovered mass of L6 falls.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 19.133° S, 51.667° W
The map is centred on Paranaiba. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Paranaiba is São Jose do Rio Preto, 303 km to the south-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Paranaiba.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Jose do Rio Preto | 1962 | H4 | 927 g | 303 km south-east |
| 2 | Uberaba | 1903 | H5 | 40 kg | 312 km east |
| 3 | Avanhandava | 1952 | H4 | 9.3 kg | 315 km south-east |
| 4 | Patrimonio | 1950 | L6 | 2.1 kg | 328 km east |
| 5 | Marilia | 1971 | H4 | 2.5 kg | 391 km south-east |
| 6 | Conquista | 1965 | H4 | 20 kg | 439 km east |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Paranaiba ranks ninth of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Patrimonio in Brazil, 328 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Paranaiba is Hotse (1956, China) and the one after is San Pedro de Quiles (1956, Chile).
Paranaiba in Brazil’s record
In date order Paranaiba is number 13 of the 22 falls recorded in Brazil, which run from 1836 to 2010. The fall recorded before Paranaiba in Brazil is Avanhandava (1952); the next is Ibitira (1957).
The 1950s
Paranaiba is one of 58 falls dated to the 1950s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 1956, among them Nadiabondi in Burkina Faso, Idutywa in South Africa, Sinnai in Italy.