Werdama
Seen to fall in 2006 in Libya · 4 kg recovered · H5
Werdama is the only observed fall recorded in Libya. It has no other recorded fall within 714 km; only 12 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 32.797° N, 21.787° E
The map is centred on Werdama. Rings every 250 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Werdama is Didim, 714 km to the north-east. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Werdama.
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 Werdama ranks 68th of the 159 H5 falls. The nearest other H5 fall is Gumoschnik in Bulgaria, 1,152 km away. In date order among H5 falls, the one before Werdama is Bassikounou (2006, Mauritania) and the one after is Chergach (2007, Mali).
The 2000s
Werdama is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists four other falls in 2006, among them Bassikounou in Mauritania, Kavarpura in India, Moss in Norway.