Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
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Little Piney
Lucky 13! Little Piney is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in Missouri the afternoon of February 13, 1839. The meteorite’s entry was heard by local witnesses as it exploded between 3 and 4 PM, with 3 subsequent smaller explosions as it broke into pieces. The witnesses went in search of the stones they’d seen…
