Quenggouk
Seen to fall in 1857 in Myanmar · 6 kg recovered · H4
Quenggouk is the earliest and heaviest of the three falls recorded in Myanmar. It is the only H4 fall recorded in Myanmar.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 17.767° N, 95.183° E
The map is centred on Quenggouk. Rings every 250 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Quenggouk is Mabwe-Khoywa, 236 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mabwe-Khoywa | 1937 | L5 | 540 g | 236 km north-east |
| 2 | Nyaung | 1939 | Iron, IIIAB | 738 g | 384 km north |
| 3 | Ban Rong Du | 1993 | Iron, ungrouped | 17 kg | 649 km east |
| 4 | Chiang Khan | 1981 | H6 | 367 g | 683 km east |
| 5 | Nakhon Pathom | 1923 | L6 | 23 kg | 690 km south-east |
| 6 | Sabrum | 1999 | LL6 | 478 g | 695 km north-west |
What H4 means
H4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Quenggouk ranks 22nd of the 50 H4 falls. The nearest other H4 fall is Ranchapur in India, 1,089 km away. In date order among H4 falls, the one before Quenggouk is Kesen (1850, Japan) and the one after is Cañellas (1861, Spain).
Quenggouk in Myanmar’s record
The next fall recorded in Myanmar is Mabwe-Khoywa, in 1937.
The 1850s
Quenggouk is one of 36 falls dated to the 1850s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1857, among them Parnallee in India, Ohaba in Romania, Kaba in Hungary.