Sulagiri
Seen to fall in 2008 in India · 110 kg recovered · LL6
Sulagiri is the most recent and heaviest of the 124 falls recorded in India. It recovered the most mass of the 58 falls dated to the 2000s.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 12.667° N, 78.033° E
The map is centred on Sulagiri. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Sulagiri is Kakangari, 61 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakangari | 1890 | K3 | 350 g | 61 km south-east |
| 2 | Muddoor | 1865 | L5 | 4.4 kg | 110 km west |
| 3 | Punganaru | 1811 | Unclassified stone | 100 g | 124 km north-east |
| 4 | Nammianthal | 1886 | H5 | 4.5 kg | 134 km east |
| 5 | Judesegeri | 1876 | H6 | 680 g | 135 km west |
| 6 | Gurram Konda | 1814 | L6 | 28 g | 137 km north-east |
What LL6 means
LL6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Sulagiri is the most recent and third-heaviest of the 41 LL6 falls. Sulagiri carries about 37 times the median recovered mass of LL6 falls. The nearest other LL6 fall is Manbhoom in India, 1,474 km away. In date order among LL6 falls, the one before Sulagiri is Benguerir (2004, Morocco).
Sulagiri in India’s record
The fall recorded before Sulagiri in India is Mahadevpur, in 2007.