Benld is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell the morning of September 29th, 1938, in Macoupin County, Illinois. The Benld meteorite was only the second meteorite recovered in Illinois (there are now 10 recognized meteorites from the state), and its fall was quite spectacular. The meteorite was described by B. H. Wilson in Popular Astronomy […]
Category: Meteorites
Torrington
Torrington is an ordinary (H6) meteorite that fell in 1944, in Wyoming. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader. […]
Nanjemoy
Nanjemoy is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell at noon on February 10, 1825, in Maryland. It was the first recorded meteorite fall in the state. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader. […]
Murray
Murray is a carbonaceous (CM2) chondrite that fell September 20, 1950 in Kentucky. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader. […]
Drum Mountains
Drum Mountains is an iron (IIIAB) meteorite found in Utah, in 1944. Image copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader. […]
