Rocks from Space Picture of the Day June 27, 2008
Cast of Middlesbrough meteorite which landed 1881 in Yorkshire, UK. On the afternoon of March 14 a detonating sound was heard. A few seconds later, at 3.35pm, a group of railway workers heard a 'rushing or roaring sound overhead, followed by a thud, as some object buried itself in the embankment nearby, just yards away from where they were working'. They dug out the 1600g L6 type meteorite that was later published under the name Middlesbrough. The cast has a lead core and has the same weight as the original. Scale cube is 1cm.
Author & editor:
Michael Johnson
