Soko-Banja
Seen to fall in 1877 in Serbia · 80 kg recovered · LL4
Soko-Banja is the earliest of the five falls recorded in Serbia. It is the heaviest of the seven LL4 falls.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 43.667° N, 21.867° E
The map is centred on Soko-Banja. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Soko-Banja is Virba, 63 km to the east. Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virba | 1873 | L6 | 3.6 kg | 63 km east |
| 2 | Jelica | 1889 | LL6 | 34 kg | 116 km west |
| 3 | Cacak | 1919 | Ordinary chondrite | 212 g | 125 km west |
| 4 | Guêa | 1891 | Unclassified stone | 1.9 kg | 132 km west |
| 5 | Sopot | 1927 | Ordinary chondrite | 958 g | 155 km north-east |
| 6 | Kakowa | 1858 | L6 | 577 g | 164 km north |
What LL4 means
LL4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. The nearest other LL4 fall is Savtschenskoje in Ukraine, 738 km away. In date order among LL4 falls, the one before Soko-Banja is Sevilla (1862, Spain) and the one after is Barntrup (1886, Germany).
Soko-Banja in Serbia’s record
By recovered mass Soko-Banja comes second of 5 there. The next fall recorded in Serbia is Jelica, in 1889.
The 1870s
Soko-Banja is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1877, among them Cynthiana in the United States, Cronstad in South Africa, Warrenton in the United States.