Wold Cottage meteorite
Wold Cottage is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as L6, that was seen to fall in the United Kingdom in 1795. A total of 25 kg was recovered. Witnessed falls are rare and especially valuable to science, because the stones are collected before Earth's weather can change them.
Where it fell
Key facts
- Name
- Wold Cottage
- Classification
- L6
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- L
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1795
- Mass recovered
- 25 kg
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 54.1367° N, 0.4133° W
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What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about L chondrites.
Meteorites near Wold Cottage
- Hambleton Pallasite, PMG · 52 km away
- Middlesbrough L6 · 68 km away
- Appley Bridge LL6 · 163 km away
- Barwell L5 · 185 km away
- Glatton L6 · 187 km away
- Rowton Iron, IIIAB · 206 km away
Other L meteorites
- Allan Hills 90400 Antarctica · 1990
- Lewis Cliff 88378 Antarctica · 1988
- Acfer 342 Algeria · 2002
- Lewis Cliff 86135 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 983199 · 1998
- Larkman Nunatak 06402 · 2006
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