Repeev Khutor
Seen to fall in 1933 in Russia · 7 kg recovered · Iron, IIF
Repeev Khutor is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Iron, IIF. The nearest other recorded fall is Verkhne Tschirskaia, 183 km to the west.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 48.600° N, 45.667° E
The map is centred on Repeev Khutor. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verkhne Tschirskaia | 1843 | H5 | 8 kg | 183 km west |
| 2 | Zavetnoe | 1952 | L6 | 800 g | 210 km south-west |
| 3 | Manych | 1951 | LL3.4 | 3.6 kg | 319 km south |
| 4 | Pavlovka | 1882 | Howardite | 2 kg | 426 km north-west |
| 5 | Saratov | 1918 | L4 | 200 kg | 444 km north |
| 6 | Stavropol | 1857 | L6 | 1.5 kg | 484 km south-west |
What Iron, IIF means
Iron, IIF is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IIF, defined by its nickel and trace-element content.
Repeev Khutor in Russia’s record
In date order Repeev Khutor 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 Repeev Khutor comes 19th of 48 there. The fall recorded before Repeev Khutor in Russia is Pesyanoe (1933); the next is Sungach (1935).
The 1930s
Repeev Khutor 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.