Vilna
Seen to fall in 1967 in Canada · 0.1 g recovered · L5
Vilna has the smallest recovered mass of any fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). The nearest other recorded fall is Abee, 85 km to the west.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 54.225° N, 111.692° W
The map is centred on Vilna. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abee | 1952 | EH4 | 107 kg | 85 km west |
| 2 | Bruderheim | 1960 | L6 | 303 kg | 86 km south-west |
| 3 | Innisfree | 1977 | L5 | 4.6 kg | 93 km south |
| 4 | Buzzard Coulee | 2008 | H4 | 41 kg | 183 km south-east |
| 5 | Peace River | 1963 | L6 | 46 kg | 449 km north-west |
| 6 | Beaver Creek | 1893 | H5 | 14 kg | 510 km south-west |
What L5 means
L5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. The nearest other L5 fall is Innisfree in Canada, 93 km away. In date order among L5 falls, the one before Vilna is Umm Ruaba (1966, Sudan) and the one after is Malakal (1970, South Sudan).
Vilna in Canada’s record
In date order Vilna is number 10 of the 16 falls recorded in Canada, which run from 1887 to 2009. The fall recorded before Vilna in Canada is Revelstoke (1965); the next is Innisfree (1977).
The 1960s
Vilna is one of 57 falls dated to the 1960s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1967, among them Wiluna in Australia, Tugalin-Bulen in Mongolia, Tathlith in Saudi Arabia.