Shergotty
Seen to fall in 1865 in India · 5 kg recovered · Martian (shergottite)
Shergotty is the earliest of the three Martian (shergottite) falls. It is one of five Martian meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Martian meteorites
- Recorded position
- 24.550° N, 84.833° E
The map is centred on Shergotty. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Shergotty is Sultanpur, 163 km to the north. Within 250 km lie 14 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sultanpur | 1916 | L/LL6 | 1.7 kg | 163 km north |
| 2 | Muzaffarpur | 1964 | Iron, IAB-sHL | 1.2 kg | 190 km north |
| 3 | Parsa | 1942 | EH3 | 800 g | 192 km north |
| 4 | Mhow | 1827 | L6 | 350 g | 194 km north-west |
| 5 | Chainpur | 1907 | LL3.4 | 8.2 kg | 198 km north-west |
| 6 | Mirzapur | 1910 | L5 | 8.5 kg | 203 km north-west |
What Martian (shergottite) means
Martian (shergottite) is the label for a Martian meteorite of the shergottite type. Shergotty has the smallest recovered mass of the 3 Martian (shergottite) falls. The nearest other Martian (shergottite) fall is Zagami in Nigeria, 8,243 km away. In date order among Martian (shergottite) falls, the one after is Zagami (1962, Nigeria).
Shergotty in India’s record
In date order Shergotty is number 31 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 124 falls recorded in India, which run from 1621 to 2008. By recovered mass Shergotty comes 36th of 124 there. The fall recorded before Shergotty in India is Muddoor (1865); the next is Supuhee (1865).
The 1860s
Shergotty is one of 56 falls dated to the 1860s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 1865, among them Aumale in Algeria, Dundrum in Ireland, Gopalpur in Bangladesh.