Saratov
Seen to fall in 1918 in Russia · 200 kg recovered · L4
Saratov is the heaviest of the 18 L4 falls. It is the heaviest of the four L4 falls recorded in Russia.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 52.550° N, 46.550° E
The map is centred on Saratov. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Saratov is Pavlovka, 248 km to the west. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavlovka | 1882 | Howardite | 2 kg | 248 km west |
| 2 | Novo-Urei | 1886 | Ureilite | 1.9 kg | 255 km north |
| 3 | Lavrentievka | 1938 | L6 | 800 g | 340 km east |
| 4 | Krasnoi-Ugol | 1829 | L6 | 2.4 kg | 410 km north-west |
| 5 | Boriskino | 1930 | CM2 | 1.3 kg | 436 km north-east |
| 6 | Repeev Khutor | 1933 | Iron, IIF | 7 kg | 444 km south |
What L4 means
L4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. The nearest other L4 fall is Nikolskoe in Russia, 716 km away. In date order among L4 falls, the one before Saratov is Santa Barbara (1873, Brazil) and the one after is Atarra (1920, India).
Saratov in Russia’s record
In date order Saratov is number 23 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 48 falls recorded in Russia, which run from 1805 to 2013. By recovered mass Saratov comes sixth of 48 there. The fall recorded before Saratov in Russia is Glasatovo (1918); the next is Khmelevka (1929).
The 1910s
Saratov is one of 65 falls dated to the 1910s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1918, among them Richardton in the United States, Norfork in the United States, Tané in Japan.