Patti
Seen to fall in 1922 in Italy · 12 g recovered · Iron
Patti is one of the smallest recoveries in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013): only 13 falls were logged with less. It is the lightest of the 28 falls recorded in Italy.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 38.133° N, 14.967° E
The map is centred on Patti. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Patti is Messina, 53 km to the east. Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messina | 1955 | L5 | 2.4 kg | 53 km east |
| 2 | Mineo | 1826 | Pallasite | 42 g | 97 km south |
| 3 | Girgenti | 1853 | L6 | 18 kg | 153 km south-west |
| 4 | Castrovillari | 1583 | Unclassified stone | 15 kg | 214 km north-east |
| 5 | Orvinio | 1872 | H6 | 3.4 kg | 477 km north |
| 6 | Djoumine | 1999 | H5-6 | 10 kg | 495 km west |
What Iron means
Iron is the label for an iron meteorite without an assigned chemical group in this record. Patti is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls. The nearest other Iron fall is Tyumen in Russia, 4,207 km away. In date order among Iron falls, the one before Patti is Palinshih (1914, China) and the one after is Komagome (1926, Japan).
Patti in Italy’s record
In date order Patti is number 21 of the 28 falls recorded in Italy, which run from 1490 to 2002. The fall recorded before Patti in Italy is Vigarano (1910); the next is Messina (1955).
The 1920s
Patti is one of 68 falls dated to the 1920s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1922, among them Tjerebon in Indonesia, Florence in the United States, Hedeskoga in Sweden.