Zavid
Seen to fall in 1897 in Serbia · 95 kg recovered · L6
Zavid is the heaviest of the five falls recorded in Serbia. It carries about 32 times the median recovered mass of L6 falls.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 44.400° N, 19.117° E
The map is centred on Zavid. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Zavid is Guêa, 114 km to the south-east. Within 250 km lie seven other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guêa | 1891 | Unclassified stone | 1.9 kg | 114 km south-east |
| 2 | Cacak | 1919 | Ordinary chondrite | 212 g | 115 km south-east |
| 3 | Jelica | 1889 | LL6 | 34 kg | 123 km south-east |
| 4 | Kakowa | 1858 | L6 | 577 g | 217 km north-east |
| 5 | Dubrovnik | 1951 | L3-6 | 1.9 kg | 223 km south |
| 6 | Soko-Banja | 1877 | LL4 | 80 kg | 234 km east |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Zavid ranks tenth of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Kakowa in Romania, 217 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Zavid is Meuselbach (1897, Germany) and the one after is Andover (1898, the United States).
Zavid in Serbia’s record
In date order Zavid is number 4 of the 5 falls recorded in Serbia, which run from 1877 to 1919. The fall recorded before Zavid in Serbia is Guêa (1891); the next is Cacak (1919).
The 1890s
Zavid is one of 51 falls dated to the 1890s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 1897, among them Lancon in France, Gambat in Pakistan, Meuselbach in Germany.