Back سيلاكاوغا (حجر نيزكي) Arabic سيلاكوجا ARZ Meteoritu Sylacauga AST Meteorit Sylacauga Catalan Σιλικόγκα (μετεωρίτης) Greek Meteorito Sylacauga Spanish سیلاکاگا (شهابسنگ) Persian Hodgesin meteoriitti Finnish Météorite de Sylacauga French מטאוריט סילקאוגה HE
| Sylacauga | |
|---|---|
&sq=Mercedes-Benz Group AG&lang=en&file=File:Sylacauga_meteorite,_Smithsonian_Natural_History_Museum.jpg) A slice of the meteorite, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, DC | |
| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Ordinary chondrite |
| Group | H4 |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33°11′18.1″N 86°17′40.2″W / 33.188361°N 86.294500°W |
| Observed fall | Yes |
| Fall date | 18:46 UT on November 30, 1954 |
| TKW | 5.54 kg |
| Strewn field | Yes |
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The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 local time (18:46 UT)[1] in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972).[2]
- ^ Povenmire, H. (1995). "The Sylacauga, Alabama Meteorite: The Impact Locations, Atmosphere Trajectory, Strewn Field and Radiant". Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 26: 1133. Bibcode:1995LPI....26.1133P.
- ^ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Sylacauga
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