Paragould meteorite
The Paragould Meteorite at 16 by 41 inches (406 by 1041 mm) and weighs 816 pounds (370 kg) is the second largest stony meteorite ever recovered in North America and the largest chondrite. It fell to Earth at approximately 4:08 a.m. on February 17, 1930. It could be seen as far as People saw it in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and of course, Arkansas. Initially, observers thought it was an airplane crashing. The meteorite split into many peices. The largest piece was discovered by W. H. Hodges in an 8 foot (2 m) hole on his farm a few miles southwest of Finch, Arkansas, near Paragould. It was then purchased by Harvey H. Nininger, who later sold it to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. It has been on loan to the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science since November 2003, and is on display in Mullins Library, at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Two other peices were found, one weighing 33kg (presently stored in Washington, D.C.) and another 3.75 kg piece presently resides in New York.
External links
- Newspaper Articles on the Paragould Meteorite
- Article at MeteoriteStudies.com
- Exhibit at the Mullins Library
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