List of meteorites in Bavaria

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Between 1768 and 2016, ten meteorites are reported in Bavaria . Only nine of them are scientifically recognized today, two of which are no longer Bavarian meteorites according to today's definition due to historical border shifts. Ultimately, there are currently seven officially recognized meteorites that fell on Bavarian soil. Reports that go back even earlier are not credible enough. The number of cases or finds seems small, but it is not. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin Database, only 315 fell in the whole of Europe (observed) between 1768 and 2014. When scaled down to the area of ​​Bavaria, only two instead of seven should have been observed and found during the period.

list

Surname Coordinates Location Mass
in grams
class Fall date
or year of discovery
origin Collection / whereabouts comment
(Bad Rodach) ! 550.3500005510.800000550 ° 21 '00.0 "  N , 010 ° 48' 00.0"  O Bad Rodach , Bavaria 3600 unknown Fall September 19, 1775 Asteroid Hebe? lost Report of a mysterious "blue lump" which has never been analyzed and is lost. Since meteorites are not blue in color and the material of the object can no longer be examined, the case is now classified as unrecognized.
Eichstädt ! 548.8500005511.116667548 ° 51 ′ 00.0 ″  N , 011 ° 07 ′ 00.0 ″  E Eichstätt , Bavaria 3200 Ordinary chondrite (H5) Fall, February 19, 1785 Asteroid Hebe? Natural History Museum Vienna , ETH Zurich a . a. Officially recognized case
(Crows Mountain) ! 549.3269445507.464722549 ° 19 '37.0 "  N , 007 ° 27' 53.0"  E Krähenberg , Rhineland-Palatinate 16500 Common Chondrite (LL5) Fall May 5, 18690 Asteroid Itokawa? Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP in Thallichtenberg / Pfalz According to today's definition, it is located in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is no longer included in the official list of Bavarian meteorites.
Power stone ! 548.2841675511.313611548 ° 17 '03.0 "  N , 011 ° 18' 49.0"  E Schwabhausen (Upper Bavaria) , Bavaria 1422 Ordinary chondrite (H5) Find, 1956? Rediscovery in 2014 Asteroid Hebe? Museum Empire of Crystals , (Munich) Officially recognized find
Mässing ! 548.3833335512.600000548 ° 23 '00.0 "  N , 012 ° 36' 00.0"  E Eggenfelden , Bavaria 1600 Achondrite (howardite) Fall December 13, 1803 Asteroid Vesta? Museum of Natural History (Berlin) a . a. Officially recognized case
(Walled churches) ! 548.1833335513.133333548 ° 11 ′ 00.0 ″  N , 013 ° 08 ′ 00.0 ″  E Mauerkirchen , Upper Austria 21300 Chondrite (L6) Fall, November 20, 1768 Asteroid flora? Museum Empire of Crystals , (Munich) a. a. According to today's definition, it is located in Austria and is no longer included in the official list of Bavarian meteorites.
Neuschwanstein ! 547.5250005510.808333547 ° 31 '30.0 "  N , 010 ° 48' 30.0"  O Schwangau , Bavaria 6218 Enstatite chondrite (EL6) Fall April 6, 20020 Asteroid Mithra? Rieskrater Museum , Nördlingen u. a. Officially recognized case
Schönenberg ! 548.3500005510.400000548 ° 21 '00.0 "  N , 010 ° 24' 00.0"  E Jettingen-Scheppach , Bavaria 8000 Common chondrite (L6) Fall, December 25, 1846 Asteroid flora? Hungarian Natural Science Museum , Budapest a . a. Officially recognized case
Stubenberg ! 548.3000005513.083333548 ° 18 ′ 00.0 ″  N , 013 ° 05 ′ 00.0 ″  E Stubenberg (Lower Bavaria) , Bavaria 1320 Common Chondrite (LL6) Fall March 6, 20160 not yet known currently partly in private ownership Officially recognized case
Undermassing ! 549.0902785511.333333549 ° 05 ′ 25.0 ″  N , 011 ° 20 ′ 00.0 ″  E Greding , Bavaria 80000 Octahedrite (IIC) Find, 1920 Asteroid psyche? Natural History Museum Nuremberg u. a. Officially recognized find

More meteorite falls in Bavaria

There were other officially recognized meteorite falls in Bavaria, but no meteorite rock was found. These include the Schäftlarn meteorite fall (1722) and the Otterskirchen meteorite fall (1969) . In the case of the Waldau meteorite fall in 1809, the initially believed location of Waldau is incorrect. More likely a place in Normandy in France, L'Aigle .

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. Three stones. Two pieces (1.750 kg and 1.625 kg) were recovered in Bavarian territory, one (2.843 kg) in Tyrolean territory. The coordinates given here indicate the position where the first piece was found.
  2. Several fragments and splinters in the gram range were recovered. The coordinates given here indicate the find position of the currently largest fragment.