Tsarev
A find, recorded in 1968 in Russia · 1.2 tonnes recovered · L5
Tsarev ranks 41st by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). No other find recorded in Russia is heavier; 82 finds there have complete records. Among l chondrites it is the second-heaviest find. Only three observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 48.700° N, 45.700° E
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Repeev Khutor, 11 km to the south, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1933). In 1968, the year Tsarev entered the record, five meteorites were seen to fall: Juromenha in Portugal, San Pedro Jacuaro in Mexico, Schenectady in the United States and two others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repeev Khutor | 1933 | Iron, IIF | 7 kg | 11 km south |
| 2 | Verkhne Tschirskaia | 1843 | H5 | 8 kg | 187 km west |
| 3 | Zavetnoe | 1952 | L6 | 800 g | 220 km south-west |
| 4 | Manych | 1951 | LL3.4 | 3.6 kg | 331 km south |
| 5 | Pavlovka | 1882 | Howardite | 2 kg | 417 km north-west |
Tsarev among other finds
In the record, 2,668 finds carry the label L5, against 76 observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (L chondrite) is Zavetnoe, 220 km away in Russia, one of 373 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Brahin lies closest: 1,161 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Santa Apolonia (1.3 tonnes) and Alkhamasin (1.2 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsarev | L5 | 1968 | 1.2 tonnes |
| 2 | Bilibino | Iron, IIAB | 1981 | 1 tonne |