Cumberland Falls is an achondrite (aubrite) meteorite that fell in Kentucky, April 9 of 1919. There were many witnesses to this daytime meteorite fall, given the brilliant fireball and sonic booms. According to Miller (1919): "The concussions produced by the bolide were terrific, causing buildings to rock, and producting (SIC) the impression on some that […]
Category: Meteorites
Peace River
Peace River is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell March 31, 1963, near the town of Peace River, Alberta. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 27): "Dr. L. A. Bayrock, Research Council of Alberta, and Len Hills, Department of Geology, University of Alberta established that the fireball was traveling N 75o E, detonated at an […]
Allende 50th anniversary
February 8th marks the 50th anniversary of the Allende meteorite fall in Chihuahua, Mexico! Quite possibly the most studied meteorite of all time (referenced in over 14,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers), Allende is a (CV3) carbonaceous chondrite known for its abundant calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, which provide information on processes in the Early Solar System. Allende also contains […]
Bensour
Bensour is an ordinary (LL6) chondrite that fell in Morocco, in 2002, near the border with Algeria. An article published in Meteorite Times magazine describes the fall, as recounted by an eye witness: "I was out tending camels when at about 4:00 in the afternoon on Sunday, February 10, 2002, I saw a light in […]
Rowena
Rowena, an ordinary (H6) chondrite found in Australia, in January of 1962. Over 34 kg of the Rowena meteorite were recovered after it was unearthed while plouging a paddock, in northern New South Wales; the plough had broken the meteorite into several pieces. These pieces were sent from the Mining and Geological Museum, in Sydney, […]
