Online seit: 12. April 2006
An incidence of meteoric shower is occurred in the Katol area on afternoon of 22.05.2012 with a loud noise heard between 2.0 to 2.30 pm. Samples were collected from four localities in and around the Katol city. Samples collected are of stony meteorites with varying size, shape and dimensions with typical dark brown burnt surface. Compositionally these meteorites are dominated by silicates with little iron. There is very good chance of getting meteorite samples from other part of the Vidarbha area between Akola and Nagpur as huge sound with very bright and dazzling light has been noticed between Akola and Nagpur by many peoples in a stretch of around 150 km in ENE-WSW direction.