Paragould meteorite

The Paragould Meteorite at 16 by 41 inches (406 by 1041 mm) and weighs 816 pounds (370 kg) is the second largest stony meteorite ever recovered in North America and the largest chondrite. It fell to Earth at approximately 4:08 a.m. on February 17, 1930. It was discovered by W. H. Hodges in an 8 foot (2 m) hole on his farm a few miles southwest of Finch, Arkansas, near Paragould. It was then purchased by Harvey H. Nininger, who later sold it to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. It has been on loan to the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science since November 2003, and is on display in Mullins Library, at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The Norton County meteorite is largest stony meteorite ever found in North America, weighing over one ton.

External links

* [http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znpparagould.html Newspaper Articles on the Paragould Meteorite]
* [http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_PARAGOUL.HTM Article at MeteoriteStudies.com]
* [http://libinfo.uark.edu/info/artexhibit.asp Exhibit at the Mullins Library]