Norton County (meteorite)

Norton County
Type Achondrite
Class Asteroidal achondrite
Group Aubrite
Country United States
Region Kansas
Coordinates 39°41′N 99°52′W / 39.683°N 99.867°W / 39.683; -99.867Coordinates: 39°41′N 99°52′W / 39.683°N 99.867°W / 39.683; -99.867[1]
Observed fall Yes
Fall date February 18, 1948
TKW 1100 kg

Norton County is an Aubrite meteorite that fell in 1948 in Kansas, United States.

History

After a brilliant fireball and a loud noise, a very large shower of meteorites fell over a large area of Norton County (Kansas) and Furnas County (Nebraska) on February 18, 1948. On April 28, a research team from the University of New Mexico set out to identify and recover pieces of the meteorite. Everything that they recovered was either donated to or sold to the university.[2]

Composition and classification

Norton County is a Ca-poor aubrite fragmental breccia.

Specimens

The main mass (about 1,070 kilograms (2,360 lb)) is the center piece of the meteorite display at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Norton County
  2. ↑ LaPaz, Lincoln (21 May 1948). "The Norton County, Kansas, Meteorite". Science. 107 (2786): 543. Bibcode:1948Sci...107..543L. doi:10.1126/science.107.2786.543-a. ISSN 0036-8075. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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