[meteorite-list] Happy birthday to the Giants

From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:37:51 -0800
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February 17 and 18 are the birthdays of the two largest meteorites to fall in the US. On February 17, 1930 the Paragould meteorite fell in the northeastern corner of Arkansas. The 820 pound stone recovered from the fall was the largest meteorite recovered from a witnessed fall in the US to that time.

Eighteen years later, on February 18, 1948, the Norton County aubrite fell near the Kansas-Nebraska border. The 2360 pound main mass was found on July 3 and later recovered from a 10 foot deep hole. It remains the largest stone meteorite seen to fall in the US and the second largest largest fall in the world after the Jilin, China meteorite that fell on March 8, 1976.

Cheers,

Frank
Received on Wed 18 Feb 2015 07:37:51 PM PST