What fell near…
Pick a town or city, or type coordinates, to list the ten observed meteorite falls recorded closest to it, with the distance and direction to each. The list below shows the answer for London until you choose another place.
Around London, United Kingdom: 3 recorded falls within 100 km, 8 within 250 km and 40 within 500 km. The nearest is Ashdon, 67 km away.
Centre: the chosen place. Rings at quarters of 300 km. North is up; numbers match the table.
The ten nearest observed falls
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashdon | 1923 | L6 | 1.3 kg | 67 km north-east |
| 2 | Launton | 1830 | L6 | 1.1 kg | 82 km north-west |
| 3 | Hatford | 1628 | Unclassified stone | 29 kg | 98 km west |
| 4 | Glatton | 1991 | L6 | 767 g | 107 km north |
| 5 | Aldsworth | 1835 | LL5 | 700 g | 119 km west |
| 6 | Barwell | 1965 | L5 | 44 kg | 145 km north-west |
| 7 | Rowton | 1876 | Iron, IIIAB | 3.5 kg | 216 km north-west |
| 8 | Ste. Marguerite | 1962 | H4 | 5 kg | 232 km east |
| 9 | St. Denis Westrem | 1855 | L6 | 700 g | 274 km east |
| 10 | Ellemeet | 1925 | Diogenite | 1.5 kg | 286 km east |
How to read the result
Distances are great-circle distances in kilometres between the place and the position recorded for each fall; the direction is the compass bearing from the place to the fall. A recorded position is usually the fall site or the main mass, given to a few hundredths of a degree, so treat distances under a few kilometres as approximate. Only meteorites that were seen to fall are counted, from the 1,063 complete records in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013); finds are left out. The town list comes from Natural Earth’s populated places. Nothing here estimates the chance of a future fall.