Tugalin-Bulen
Seen to fall in 1967 in Mongolia · 10 kg recovered · H6
Tugalin-Bulen is the most recent and heaviest of the three falls recorded in Mongolia. It is the only H6 fall recorded in Mongolia.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 45.467° N, 105.383° E
The map is centred on Tugalin-Bulen. Rings every 250 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Tugalin-Bulen is Noyan-Bogdo, 367 km to the south-west. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Tugalin-Bulen.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noyan-Bogdo | 1933 | L6 | 250 g | 367 km south-west |
| 2 | Jartai | 1979 | L6 | 21 kg | 642 km south |
| 3 | Tounkin | 1824 | Ordinary chondrite | 2 kg | 728 km north |
| 4 | Inner Mongolia | 1963 | L6 | 3 kg | 730 km south-east |
| 5 | Adzhi-Bogdo (stone) | 1949 | LL3-6 | 910 g | 804 km west |
| 6 | Doroninsk | 1805 | H5-7 | 3.9 kg | 816 km north-east |
What H6 means
H6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Tugalin-Bulen ranks 23rd of the 91 H6 falls. The nearest other H6 fall is Wuan in China, 1,220 km away. In date order among H6 falls, the one before Tugalin-Bulen is Kingai (1967, Sudan) and the one after is Patora (1969, India).
Tugalin-Bulen in Mongolia’s record
The fall recorded before Tugalin-Bulen in Mongolia is Adzhi-Bogdo (stone), in 1949.
The 1960s
Tugalin-Bulen is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1967, among them Wiluna in Australia, Tathlith in Saudi Arabia, Parambu in Brazil.