Yardymly
Seen to fall in 1959 in Azerbaijan · 150 kg recovered · Iron, IAB complex
Yardymly is the heaviest of the two falls recorded in Azerbaijan. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Iron, IAB complex. It recovered the most mass of the 58 falls dated to the 1950s.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 38.933° N, 48.250° E
The map is centred on Yardymly. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Yardymly is Indarch, 164 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lies one other recorded fall.
What Iron, IAB complex means
Iron, IAB complex is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IAB complex, defined by its nickel and trace-element content.
Yardymly in Azerbaijan’s record
Azerbaijan has one other recorded fall: Indarch, in 1891.