Pesyanoe
Seen to fall in 1933 in Russia · 3.4 kg recovered · Aubrite
Pesyanoe is one of 19 other achondrites among the observed falls. It is the only Aubrite fall recorded in Russia.
- Group
- Other achondrites
- Recorded position
- 55.500° N, 66.083° E
The map is centred on Pesyanoe. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Pesyanoe is Tyumen, 188 km to the north. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyumen | 1903 | Iron | 750 g | 188 km north |
| 2 | Kunashak | 1949 | L6 | 200 kg | 298 km west |
| 3 | Chelyabinsk | 2013 | LL5 | 100 kg | 324 km west |
| 4 | Brient | 1933 | Eucrite-pmict | 219 g | 580 km south-west |
| 5 | Kuznetzovo | 1932 | L6 | 4 kg | 585 km east |
| 6 | Khmelevka | 1929 | L5 | 6.1 kg | 589 km east |
What Aubrite means
Aubrite is the label for an aubrite, an enstatite-rich achondrite. By recovered mass Pesyanoe ranks sixth of the 9 Aubrite falls. The nearest other Aubrite fall is Bustee in India, 3,467 km away. In date order among Aubrite falls, the one before Pesyanoe is Khor Temiki (1932, Sudan) and the one after is Peña Blanca Spring (1946, the United States).
Pesyanoe in Russia’s record
In date order Pesyanoe is number 28 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 48 falls recorded in Russia, which run from 1805 to 2013. By recovered mass Pesyanoe comes 28th of 48 there. The fall recorded before Pesyanoe in Russia is Pervomaisky (1933); the next is Repeev Khutor (1933).
The 1930s
Pesyanoe is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists 13 other falls in 1933, among them Zemaitkiemis in Lithuania, Chajari in Argentina, Cherokee Springs in the United States.