Falls by year · The 1930s

Meteorite falls of 1938

11 meteorites in the catalogue are recorded as witnessed falls in 1938, in 7 countries. The largest recovered mass is Zhovtnevyi, at 107 kg.

What fell in 1938

MeteoriteCountryClassMass recovered
AztecUnited StatesL62.83 kg
BenldUnited StatesH61.77 kg
BloomingtonUnited StatesLL668 g
ChicoraUnited StatesLL6303 g
IvunaTanzaniaCI1705 g
KasamatsuJapanH710 g
KukschinUkraineL62.25 kg
LavrentievkaRussiaL6800 g
PantarPhilippinesH52.13 kg
Pavlodar (stone)KazakhstanH5143 g
ZhovtnevyiUkraineH6107 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.