Claxton, 1984: the mailbox meteorite
A space rock that flattened a letterbox in Georgia.
On 10 December 1984, a stone fell near Claxton, Georgia, and smashed through a roadside mailbox, landing in the grass beside it.
The meteorite, about 1.4 kg, is an L6 ordinary chondrite. The dented mailbox became a collector's item in its own right and is one of the best-known objects ever damaged by a meteorite.
In the catalogue
- Claxton L6, United States, 1984 · 1.46 kg