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Mystery or the unexplained · 04.07.1821

The lost meteorite of Kaiavere

The first meteorite fall recorded in Estonia is also its first lost meteorite. On 4 July 1821 a stone the size of a man's head fell at the village of Kaiavere in Tartu County. No scientist ever examined it. The fragments were lost and never recovered. Exactly 150 years later, A. Aaloe wrote about the case in the journal Eesti Loodus in 1971. Kaiavere opened a series: at least five meteorite falls were recorded in Estonia over the next two centuries. Somewhere around the village, pieces of the 1821 stone may still be waiting.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Esimene Eestis kirja pandud meteoriidilangus on ühtlasi esimene kadunud meteoriit. 4. juulil 1821 kukkus Tartumaal Kaiavere külas maha inimpea suurune kivi. Ükski teadlane seda kunagi ei uurinud. Killud läksid kaotsi ja neid pole leitud. Täpselt 150 aastat hiljem kirjutas A. Aaloe juhtumist 1971. aastal ajakirjas Eesti Loodus. Kaiaverega algas rida: järgmise kahe sajandi jooksul registreeriti Eestis vähemalt viis meteoriidilangust. Kuskil küla ümbruses võivad 1821. aasta kivi tükid ikka veel oodata.

Map of the area around The lost meteorite of Kaiavere
58.58640° N, 26.69410° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: R. Tiirmaa, Catalogue of Meteorites in the Estonian Collection (1996), citing A. Aaloe, Eesti Loodus 1971. ↗

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