Pillistfer
Seen to fall in 1863 in Estonia · 23 kg recovered · EL6
Pillistfer is the earliest and heaviest of the eight EL6 falls. It is the only EL6 fall recorded in Estonia.
- Group
- Enstatite chondrites
- Recorded position
- 58.667° N, 25.733° E
The map is centred on Pillistfer. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Pillistfer is Tennasilm, 100 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
What EL6 means
EL6 is the label for an enstatite chondrite of the low-iron EL group, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Pillistfer is one of 17 enstatite chondrites among the observed falls. The nearest other EL6 fall is Hvittis in Finland, 327 km away. In date order among EL6 falls, the one after is Daniel's Kuil (1868, South Africa).
Pillistfer in Estonia’s record
In date order Pillistfer is number 2 of the 3 falls recorded in Estonia, which run from 1855 to 1872. By recovered mass Pillistfer comes second of 3 there. The fall recorded before Pillistfer in Estonia is Oesel (1855); the next is Tennasilm (1872).
The 1860s
Pillistfer is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1863, among them Tourinnes-la-Grosse in Belgium, Buschhof in Romania, Shytal in Bangladesh.