Northampton meteorite
Northampton is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in the United States in 1963. A total of 353 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Northampton
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1963
- Mass recovered
- 353 g
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 42.3167° N, 72.6333° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Northampton
- Wethersfield (1982) L6 · 67 km away
- Wethersfield (1971) L6 · 69 km away
- Tomhannock Creek H5 · 101 km away
- Bethlehem H · 101 km away
- Schenectady H5 · 124 km away
- Weston H4 · 128 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Lasher Creek United States · 1948
- Fuling China · 1960
- Campo de Pucara (iron) Argentina · 1879
- Wei-hui-fu (a) · 1931
- Paulding County United States · 1901
- Lewis Cliff 88677 Antarctica · 1988