Utzenstorf
Seen to fall in 1928 in Switzerland · 3.4 kg recovered · H5
Utzenstorf is the most recent and heaviest of the four falls recorded in Switzerland. It is the only H5 fall recorded in Switzerland.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 47.117° N, 7.550° E
The map is centred on Utzenstorf. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Utzenstorf is Ulmiz, 32 km to the south-west. Within 250 km lie 17 other recorded falls.
What H5 means
H5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Utzenstorf ranks 78th of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Épinal in France, 144 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Utzenstorf is Isthilart (1928, Argentina) and the one after is Beardsley (1929, the United States).
Utzenstorf in Switzerland’s record
The fall recorded before Utzenstorf in Switzerland is Ulmiz, in 1926.
The 1920s
Utzenstorf is one of 68 falls dated to the 1920s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1928, among them Naoki in India, Isthilart in Argentina, Narellan in Australia.