Goose Lake meteorite
Goose Lake is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IAB-sLL, that was found in the United States in 1938. A total of 1.17 tonnes was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Goose Lake
- Classification
- Iron, IAB-sLL
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IAB-SLL
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1938
- Mass recovered
- 1.17 t
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 41.9800° N, 120.5417° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IAB irons.
Meteorites near Goose Lake
- Fitzwater Pass Iron, IIIF · 8 km away
- Klamath Falls Iron, IIIF · 110 km away
- Black Rock 001 L6 · 168 km away
- Sam's Valley Iron, IIIAB · 202 km away
- Smokey Spring H4 · 205 km away
- Antelope H4 · 205 km away
Other IAB-SLL meteorites
- Moctezuma Mexico · 1889
- Reckling Peak A80226 Antarctica · 1980
- Balfour Downs Australia · 1962
- Lone Island Lake Canada · 2005
- Northwest Africa 4703 · 2007
- Wooster United States · 1858
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