Falls by year · The 1800s

Meteorite falls of 1806

One meteorite in the catalogue is recorded as a witnessed fall in 1806: Alais, in France.

What fell in 1806

MeteoriteCountryClassMass recovered
AlaisFranceCI16 kg

A witnessed fall is a meteorite seen or heard coming down and then picked up, as opposed to a find, which is discovered later with no record of its arrival. The mass is the total recovered, often from many pieces.