Putinga
Seen to fall in 1937 in Brazil · 300 kg recovered · L6
Putinga has the 16th-largest recovered mass of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). It is the heaviest of the 22 falls recorded in Brazil.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 29.033° S, 53.050° W
The map is centred on Putinga. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Putinga is Santa Barbara, 116 km to the east. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Barbara | 1873 | L4 | 400 g | 116 km east |
| 2 | Ipiranga | 1972 | H6 | 7 kg | 418 km north |
| 3 | Mafra | 1941 | L3-4 | 600 g | 443 km north-east |
| 4 | Rio Negro | 1934 | L4 | 1.3 kg | 457 km north-east |
| 5 | Chajari | 1933 | L5 | 18 kg | 520 km south-west |
| 6 | Isthilart | 1928 | H5 | 3 kg | 528 km south-west |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Putinga is the second-heaviest of the 254 L6 falls. Putinga carries about 100 times the median recovered mass of L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is La Criolla in Argentina, 549 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Putinga is Kaptal-Aryk (1937, Kazakhstan) and the one after is Rangala (1937, India).
Putinga in Brazil’s record
In date order Putinga is number 9 of the 22 falls recorded in Brazil, which run from 1836 to 2010. The fall recorded before Putinga in Brazil is Rio Negro (1934); the next is Mafra (1941).
The 1930s
Putinga is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1937, among them Kainsaz in Russia, Tauti in Romania, Kaptal-Aryk in Kazakhstan.