Norton County (meteorite)

Norton County
Type	Achondrite
Class	Asteroidal achondrite
Group	Aubrite
Country	United States
Region	Kansas
Coordinates	39°41′N 99°52′W / 39.683°N 99.867°W / 39.683; -99.867Coordinates: 39°41′N 99°52′W / 39.683°N 99.867°W / 39.683; -99.867^[1]
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	February 18, 1948
TKW	1100 kg

Norton County is an Aubrite meteorite that fell in 1948 in Kansas, United States.

History

After a brilliant fireball and a loud noise, a very large shower of meteorites fell over a large area of Norton County (Kansas) and Furnas County (Nebraska).

Composition and classification

Norton County is a Ca-poor aubrite fragmental breccia.

Specimens

The main mass (about 1,070 kilograms (2,360 lb)) is the center piece of the meteorite display at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Notes

↑ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Norton County

External links

Meteoritical Bulletin Database

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Classification

By type, class,
clan, group
and grouplet

Chondrite

Carbonaceous
- CB
- CH
- CI
- CK
- CM
- CO
- CR
- CV
- C ungrouped
Enstatite
- EH
- EL
Kakangari
Ordinary
- H
- L
- LL
Rumuruti

Achondrite

Primitive	Acapulcoite Brachinite IAB IIICD Lodranite Ureilite Winonaite

Asteroidal	Angrite Aubrite HED Diogenite Eucrite Howardite

Lunar	Impact breccia Mare basalts List

Martian	Balsaltic Breccia NWA 7034 Chassignites Kaidun Nakhlites Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 Shergottites Martian meteorites list Meteorites on Mars list

Iron

IC
IIAB
IIC
IID
IIE
IIG
IIIAB
IIIE
IIIF
IVA
IVB

Stony-iron

Structural

Obsolete terms

Mineralogy and
petrology

Characteristics
- shock
- TKW
- weathering
Grains
- chondrule
- presolar
Minerals
Patterns
- Neumann lines
- Widmanstätten
CI1 fossils

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A–B	Aarhus Abee Adelie Land Adhi Kot Adzhi-Bogdo Agen Akbarpur Albareto Allan Hills A81005 Allan Hills 84001 Allegan Allende Ambapur Nagla Andura Angers Angra dos Reis Ankober Anlong Annaheim Appley Bridge Arbol Solo Archie Arroyo Aguiar Assisi Atoka Avanhandava Baszkówka Beardsley Bellsbank Bench Crater (Moon) Benton Białystok Blithfield Block Island (Mars) Bovedy Brachina Brahin Brenham Buzzard Coulee

C–D	Campo del Cielo Canyon Diablo Cape York Carancas Chambord Chassigny Chelyabinsk Chergach Chinga Chinguetti Claxton Coahuila Cranbourne D'Orbigny Dronino

E–F	Eagle Station Elbogen Ensisheim Esquel Fukang

G–H	Gao–Guenie Gay Gulch Gebel Kamil Gibeon Goose Lake Grant Hadley Rille (Moon) Heat Shield Rock (Mars) High Possil Hoba Homestead Hraschina Huckitta

I–J	Imilac Itqiy

K–L	Kaidun Kainsaz Karoonda Kesen Krasnojarsk L'Aigle Lac Dodon Loreto Łowicz

M–N	Mackinac Island (Mars) Mbozi Middlesbrough Millbillillie Mineo Monte Milone Moss Mundrabilla Muonionalusta Murchison Nakhla Nantan Neuschwanstein Northwest Africa 3009 Northwest Africa 7034 Northwest Africa 7325 Norton County Novato

O–P	Oileán Ruaidh (Mars) Old Woman Oldenburg Omolon Orgueil Ornans Osseo Ourique Pallasovka Paragould Park Forest Pavlovka Peace River Peekskill Penouille Polonnaruwa Přibram Pultusk

Q–R	Qidong Richardton

S–T	Santa Rosa de Viterbo Meteorite Santa Vitoria do Palmar Sayh al Uhaymir 169 Seymchan Shelter Island (Mars) Shergotty Sikhote-Alin Sołtmany Springwater St-Robert Stannern Sulagiri Sutter's Mill Sylacauga Tagish Lake Tamdakht Tenham Tissint Tlacotepec Toluca Treysa Twannberg

U–V	Veliky Ustyug Vermillion

W–X	Weston Willamette Winona Wold Cottage

Y–Z	Yamato 691 Yamato 791197 Yardymly Zaisho Zaklodzie

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