Treysa
Seen to fall in 1916 in Germany · 63 kg recovered · Iron, IIIAB-an
Treysa is the heaviest of the 31 falls recorded in Germany. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Iron, IIIAB-an.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 50.917° N, 9.183° E
The map is centred on Treysa. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Treysa is Hungen, 71 km to the south. Within 250 km lie 21 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungen | 1877 | H6 | 112 g | 71 km south |
| 2 | Breitscheid | 1956 | H5 | 1.5 kg | 76 km west |
| 3 | Peckelsheim | 1953 | Diogenite-pm | 118 g | 84 km north |
| 4 | Barntrup | 1886 | LL4 | 17 g | 121 km north |
| 5 | Darmstadt | 1804 | H5 | 100 g | 123 km south |
| 6 | Gütersloh | 1851 | H3/4 | 1 kg | 124 km north-west |
What Iron, IIIAB-an means
Iron, IIIAB-an is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IIIAB (anomalous), defined by its nickel and trace-element content.
Treysa in Germany’s record
In date order Treysa is number 21 of the 31 falls recorded in Germany, which run from 1671 to 2002. The fall recorded before Treysa in Germany is Forsbach (1900); the next is Simmern (1920).
The 1910s
Treysa is one of 65 falls dated to the 1910s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1916, among them Boguslavka in Russia, Calivo in the Philippines, Sultanpur in India.