Norton County (meteorite)

Norton County
Type	Achondrite
Class	Asteroidal achondrite [ citation needed ]
Group	Aubrite
Country	United States
Region	Kansas
Coordinates	39°41′N99°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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• Meteorite

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. PMID   17737357.

External links

• Meteoritical Bulletin Database