Zemaitkiemis
Seen to fall in 1933 in Lithuania · 44 kg recovered · L6
Zemaitkiemis is the most recent and heaviest of the four falls recorded in Lithuania. It is the only L6 fall recorded in Lithuania.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 55.300° N, 25.000° E
The map is centred on Zemaitkiemis. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Zemaitkiemis is Padvarninkai, 41 km to the north. Within 250 km lie seven other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padvarninkai | 1929 | Eucrite-mmict | 3.9 kg | 41 km north |
| 2 | Jodzie | 1877 | Howardite | 30 g | 58 km north-west |
| 3 | Lixna | 1820 | H4 | 5.2 kg | 119 km north-east |
| 4 | Zabrodje | 1893 | L6 | 3 kg | 185 km east |
| 5 | Misshof | 1890 | H5 | 5.8 kg | 196 km north-west |
| 6 | Novy-Projekt | 1908 | Ordinary chondrite | 1 kg | 204 km north-west |
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 Zemaitkiemis ranks 24th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Zabrodje in Belarus, 185 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Zemaitkiemis is Pervomaisky (1933, Russia) and the one after is Madiun (1935, Indonesia).
Zemaitkiemis in Lithuania’s record
The fall recorded before Zemaitkiemis in Lithuania is Padvarninkai, in 1929.
The 1930s
Zemaitkiemis is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists 16 other falls in 1933, among them Pervomaisky in Russia, Chajari in Argentina, Cherokee Springs in the United States.