Pultusk
Seen to fall in 1868 in Poland · 250 kg recovered · H5
Pultusk has the 20th-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the 10 falls recorded in Poland.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 52.767° N, 21.267° E
The map is centred on Pultusk. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Pultusk is Baszkówka, 85 km to the south. Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baszkówka | 1994 | L5 | 16 kg | 85 km south |
| 2 | Łowicz | 1935 | Mesosiderite-A3 | 59 kg | 125 km south-west |
| 3 | Bialystok | 1827 | Eucrite-pmict | 4 kg | 135 km east |
| 4 | Sołtmany | 2011 | L6 | 1.1 kg | 147 km north |
| 5 | Ratyn | 1880 | Unclassified stone | 910 g | 231 km west |
| 6 | Grzempach | 1910 | H5 | 690 g | 312 km west |
What H5 means
H5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. Pultusk is the third-heaviest of the 159 H5 falls. Pultusk carries about 83 times the median recovered mass of H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Grzempach in Poland, 312 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Pultusk is Udipi (1866, India) and the one after is Slavetic (1868, Croatia).
Pultusk in Poland’s record
In date order Pultusk is number 4 of the 10 falls recorded in Poland, which run from 1715 to 2011. The fall recorded before Pultusk in Poland is Grüneberg (1841); the next is Gnadenfrei (1879).
The 1860s
Pultusk is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists 10 other falls in 1868, among them Motta di Conti in Italy, Ornans in France, Sauguis in France.