Uzcudun
Seen to fall in 1948 in Argentina · 20 kg recovered · L
Uzcudun is the third-heaviest of the 21 falls recorded in Argentina. It is the heaviest of the 10 L falls. It has no other recorded fall within 848 km; only eight falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 44.117° S, 66.150° W
The map is centred on Uzcudun. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Uzcudun is La Colina, 848 km to the north-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Uzcudun.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Colina | 1924 | H5 | 2 kg | 848 km north-east |
| 2 | Santa Isabel | 1924 | L6 | 5.5 kg | 1,199 km north |
| 3 | Achiras | 1902 | L6 | 780 g | 1,222 km north |
| 4 | Arbol Solo | 1954 | H5 | 810 g | 1,236 km north |
| 5 | Renca | 1925 | L5 | 300 g | 1,266 km north |
| 6 | Aguada | 1930 | L6 | 1.6 kg | 1,394 km north |
What L means
L is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron; no petrologic type is recorded. The nearest other L fall is Aguila Blanca in Argentina, 1,480 km away. In date order among L falls, the one before Uzcudun is Ulmiz (1926, Switzerland) and the one after is Alberta (1949, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Uzcudun in Argentina’s record
In date order Uzcudun is number 12 of the 21 falls recorded in Argentina, which run from 1879 to 2008. The fall recorded before Uzcudun in Argentina is Capilla del Monte (1934); the next is Arroyo Aguiar (1950).
The 1940s
Uzcudun is one of 55 falls dated to the 1940s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1948: Norton County in the United States, Mardan in Pakistan.