Burnwell | |
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  Burnwell Location within the state of Kentucky  Burnwell Burnwell (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′44″N82°13′23″W / 37.62889°N 82.22306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Pike |
| Elevation | 709 ft (216 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 41518 |
| GNIS feature ID | 507626 [1] |
Burnwell is an unincorporated community located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
On 4 September 1990, at 3:45 PM, a meteorite fell through the porch of Arthur and Frances Pegg frightening a horse and a goat. The weight of the stone was 1504 grams and it was officially named "Burnwell". The meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite H4-an. [2]
A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate energy. It then becomes a meteor and forms a fireball, also known as a shooting star; astronomers call the brightest examples "bolides". Once it settles on the larger body's surface, the meteor becomes a meteorite. Meteorites vary greatly in size. For geologists, a bolide is a meteorite large enough to create an impact crater.
A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite. As of September 2020, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have been classified. The largest complete, uncut Martian meteorite, Taoudenni 002, was recovered in Mali in early 2021. It weighs 14.5 kilograms and is on display at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum.
Cynthiana is a home rule-class city in Harrison County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 6,402 at the 2010 census. It is the seat of its county.
The Middlesboro crater is a meteorite crater in Kentucky, United States. It is named after the city of Middlesborough, which today occupies much of the crater.
The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near the tripoint of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. At an elevation of 1,631 feet (497 m) above sea level, it is famous in American colonial history for its role as a key passageway through the lower central Appalachians.
An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules. It consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks and has been differentiated and reprocessed to a lesser or greater degree due to melting and recrystallization on or within meteorite parent bodies. As a result, achondrites have distinct textures and mineralogies indicative of igneous processes.
Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rock that has been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface and landed on Earth as meteorites.
John Lawrence Smith was an American chemist and mineralogist.
The Shergotty meteorite is the first example of the shergottite Martian meteorite family. It was a 5-kilogram (11 lb) meteorite which fell to Earth at Sherghati, in the Gaya district, Bihar, India on 25 August 1865, and was retrieved by witnesses almost immediately. Radiometric dating indicates that it solidified from a volcanic magma about 4.1 billion years ago. It is composed mostly of pyroxene and is thought to have undergone preterrestrial aqueous alteration for several centuries. Certain features within its interior are suggestive of being remnants of biofilm and their associated microbial communities.
The Peekskill meteorite is among the most historic meteorite events on record. Sixteen separate video recordings document the meteorite burning through the Earth's atmosphere in October 1992, whereupon it struck a parked car in Peekskill, New York, United States. The Peekskill meteorite is an H6 monomict breccia; its filigreed texture is the result of the shocking and heating following the impact of two asteroids in outer space. The meteorite is of the stony variety and approximately 20% of its mass is tiny flakes of nickel-iron. When it struck Earth, the meteorite weighed 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) and measured one foot in diameter. The Peekskill meteorite is estimated to be 4.4 billion years old.
Burnwell is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Burnwell is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) east-northeast of Sylvester.
Brachinites are a group of meteorites that are classified either as primitive achondrites or as asteroidal achondrites. Like all primitive achondrites, they have similarities with chondrites and achondrites. Brachinites contain 74 to 98% (volume) olivine.
The Eagle Station group is a set of pallasite meteorite specimen that do not fit into any of the other defined pallasite groups. In meteorite classification five meteorites have to be found, so they can be defined as their own group. Currently only five Eagle Station type meteorites have been found, which is just enough for a separate group.
The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.
Northwest Africa 7034 is a Martian meteorite believed to be the second oldest yet discovered. It is estimated to be two billion years old and contains the most water of any Martian meteorite found on Earth. Although it is from Mars it does not fit into any of the three SNC meteorite categories, and forms a new Martian meteorite group named "Martian ". Nicknamed "Black Beauty", it was purchased in Morocco and a slice of it was donated to the University of New Mexico by its American owner. The image of the original NWA 7034 was photographed in 2012 by Carl Agee, University of New Mexico.
Verlin Talmadge Adams was a professional American football player in the National Football League. Born in Burnwell, Kentucky, he played college football for the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. Adams was drafted by the New York Giants in the 31st round of the 1943 NFL Draft. He played for the Giants from 1943 to 1945. Adams played as a tackle and wore number 28.
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Burnwell is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States, located on the southern border of Dora. Burnwell had a post office from May 21, 1910, to December 30, 2010; it still has its own ZIP code, 35038.
Buena Vista is an unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Harrison County, Indiana, in the United States.
Kentucky Route 292 (KY 292) is a 43.2-mile-long (69.5 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Pike and Martin counties with South Williamson and Warfield. Nearly the entire highway is located near the West Virginia state line.
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