Tennasilm
Seen to fall in 1872 in Estonia · 29 kg recovered · L4
Tennasilm is the most recent and heaviest of the three falls recorded in Estonia. It is the only L4 fall recorded in Estonia.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 58.033° N, 26.950° E
The map is centred on Tennasilm. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Tennasilm is Pillistfer, 100 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pillistfer | 1863 | EL6 | 23 kg | 100 km north-west |
| 2 | Lixna | 1820 | H4 | 5.2 kg | 228 km south |
| 3 | Oesel | 1855 | L6 | 6 kg | 237 km west |
| 4 | Bjurböle | 1899 | L/LL4 | 330 kg | 271 km north |
| 5 | Misshof | 1890 | H5 | 5.8 kg | 281 km south-west |
| 6 | Padvarninkai | 1929 | Eucrite-mmict | 3.9 kg | 289 km south-west |
What L4 means
L4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Tennasilm ranks third of the 18 L4 falls. The nearest other L4 fall is Slobodka in Russia, 597 km away. In date order among L4 falls, the one before Tennasilm is Botschetschki (1823, Ukraine) and the one after is Santa Barbara (1873, Brazil).
Tennasilm in Estonia’s record
The fall recorded before Tennasilm in Estonia is Pillistfer, in 1863.
The 1870s
Tennasilm is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1872: Lancé in France, Orvinio in Italy, Dyalpur in India.