- Wold Cottage (meteorite)
Meteorite
Name= Wold Cottage
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Type=Chondrite
Class=Ordinary chondrite
Group= L6
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Country=United Kingdom
Region=Yorkshire ,England
Lat_Long= coord|54|8|12|N|0|24|48|E|display=inline,title [http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=24325 Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Wold Cottage] ]
Observed_fall= Yes
Fall_date=December 13 1795 , 3 pm
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TKW= 25 kg
Image2_caption= The Wold Newton meteorite monumentThe Wold Cottage meteorite (also called the Wold Newton meteorite) fell at 3 p.m. onDecember 13 1795 a few miles away from the hamlet of Wold Newton inYorkshire ,England . The meteorite fell two fields distance of a large house, the Wold Cottage, owned by oneEdward Topham - a poet, playright, landowner and well respected local.The meteorite
It's a L6
ordinary chondrite weighing around 25kg.The monument
Here
On this spot, December 13, 1795
Fell from the atmosphere
An extraordinary stone.
In breadth twenty-eight inches
In length thirty-six inches,
And
Whose weight was fifty-six pounds.
This column
In memory of it
Was erected by
Edward Topham
1799
The inscription on the landmark reads:
Importance
Wold Cottage is a important meteorite because is the second largest fall ever recorded in the United Kingdom and, most of all, it was the first observed meteorite fall in Britain. It was used by scientists as proof that matter existed, and was made of the same materials as terrestrial matter.
preading
The naturalist
In fiction
The event was used by the
Other
In 2003, the meteor inspired the founding of local
Notes
External links
* [http://fernlea.tripod.com/woldcottage.html The Wold Cottage meteorite]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070809201913/http://www.meteoritearticles.com/historyarticle.html A history of meteorites, including the Wold Cottage chrondite]
* [http://helmyorkshire.com/woldfolder/meteorite.html A page about the stone on a local tourism site]
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