Perth
Seen to fall in 1830 in the United Kingdom · 2 g recovered · LL5
Perth is one of the smallest recoveries in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013): only seven falls were logged with less. It is the lightest of the 19 falls recorded in the United Kingdom. Strathmore came down only 23 km to the north-east, in 1917.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 56.400° N, 3.433° W
The map is centred on Perth. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strathmore | 1917 | L6 | 13 kg | 23 km north-east |
| 2 | High Possil | 1804 | L6 | 4.5 kg | 74 km south-west |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 1881 | L6 | 1.6 kg | 249 km south-east |
| 4 | Crumlin | 1902 | L5 | 4.3 kg | 265 km south-west |
| 5 | Bovedy | 1969 | L3 | 5.5 kg | 274 km south-west |
| 6 | Wold Cottage | 1795 | L6 | 25 kg | 316 km south-east |
What LL5 means
LL5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. The nearest other LL5 fall is Aldsworth in the United Kingdom, 524 km away. In date order among LL5 falls, the one before Perth is Richmond (1828, the United States) and the one after is Aldsworth (1835, the United Kingdom).
Perth in the United Kingdom’s record
In date order Perth is number 5 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 19 falls recorded in the United Kingdom, which run from 1623 to 1991. The fall recorded before Perth in the United Kingdom is Launton (1830); the next is Aldsworth (1835).
The 1830s
Perth is one of 21 falls dated to the 1830s. No fall outside the United Kingdom is dated 1830 in the record.