Zhovtnevyi
Seen to fall in 1938 in Ukraine · 107 kg recovered · H6
Zhovtnevyi is the heaviest of the 29 falls recorded in Ukraine. It is the second-heaviest of the 91 H6 falls.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 47.583° N, 37.250° E
The map is centred on Zhovtnevyi. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Zhovtnevyi is Elenovka, 42 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lie seven other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elenovka | 1951 | L5 | 55 kg | 42 km north-east |
| 2 | Gorlovka | 1974 | H3.7 | 3.6 kg | 100 km north-east |
| 3 | Andreevka | 1969 | L3 | 600 g | 126 km north |
| 4 | Bachmut | 1814 | L6 | 18 kg | 126 km north-east |
| 5 | Pavlograd | 1826 | L6 | 40 kg | 141 km north-west |
| 6 | Yurtuk | 1936 | Howardite | 1.5 kg | 145 km west |
What H6 means
H6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. Zhovtnevyi carries about 42 times the median recovered mass of H6 falls. The nearest other H6 fall is Bjelaja Zerkov in Ukraine, 574 km away. In date order among H6 falls, the one before Zhovtnevyi is Benld (1938, the United States) and the one after is Andura (1939, India).
Zhovtnevyi in Ukraine’s record
In date order Zhovtnevyi is number 21 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 29 falls recorded in Ukraine, which run from 1787 to 1995. The fall recorded before Zhovtnevyi in Ukraine is Kukschin (1938); the next is Chervony Kut (1939).
The 1930s
Zhovtnevyi is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists nine other falls in 1938, among them Aztec in the United States, Pantar in the Philippines, Benld in the United States.