[meteorite-list] Largest known intact stone meteorite?‏‏ (first post/testing)

drtanuki drtanuki at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 14 03:50:11 EDT 2009


Dear Melanie,
  Welcome to the meteorite list.  Perhaps the largest stone meteorite in one piece was an H5 chondrite, Jilin, China on March 8, 1978, 1770kgs, with a TKW of 4,000 kg.

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/07/china-meteorite-news-jilin-meteorite.html

  Another large stone meteorite was Norton County, Kansas, an aubrite of 1078kgs.

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/search?q=norton+county


Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo


 

--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Melanie Matthews <spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Melanie Matthews <spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Largest known intact stone meteorite?‏‏ (first post/testing)
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 4:16 PM
> 
> Hello list.
> 
> What is the largest intact stony meteorite ever found
> (whether an entire stone or a piece off of it), to date?
> 
> - Mel (those who know me - please welcome me to the list...
> I just joined a few days ago :-) ) 
> IMCA #2975 
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