Uden
Seen to fall in 1840 in the Netherlands · 710 g recovered · LL7
Uden is the earliest of the four falls recorded in the Netherlands. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed LL7.
- Group
- LL chondrites
- Recorded position
- 51.650° N, 5.617° E
The map is centred on Uden. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Uden is Utrecht, 60 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie 18 other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utrecht | 1843 | L6 | 9.7 kg | 60 km north-west |
| 2 | Ramsdorf | 1958 | L6 | 4.7 kg | 94 km east |
| 3 | Aachen | 1880 | L5 | 21 g | 103 km south |
| 4 | Glanerbrug | 1990 | L/LL5 | 670 g | 105 km north-east |
| 5 | Ellemeet | 1925 | Diogenite | 1.5 kg | 112 km west |
| 6 | Tourinnes-la-Grosse | 1863 | L6 | 15 kg | 113 km south-west |
What LL7 means
LL7 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron and low metal, petrologic type 7, heated close to melting.
Uden in the Netherlands’s record
By recovered mass Uden comes third of 4 there. The next fall recorded in the Netherlands is Utrecht, in 1843.
The 1840s
Uden is one of 29 falls dated to the 1840s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1840: Cereseto in Italy, Karakol in Kazakhstan.