Record #:

7992

Author(s):

Hairr, John

Abstract:

On April 21, 1913, a meteorite slammed into Moore County about three miles from the town of Carthage. It was not very big, weighing slightly over four pounds and measuring about the size of a large man's fist. George Calvin Graves, who owned the land where the meteorite landed, took it home, and there it remained for the next twenty-one years. In 1934, Harry T. Davis, curator of geology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences came to see it and later took it to the Smithsonian Institution. Over the years scientists around the world have studied the “Moore County,” seeking to learn more about its origin and composition. Meteorites are named for places where they are found. Part of the Moore County meteorite is now in the Smithsonian Institution, and the remainder is in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 3, Aug 2006, p27-29, il, por

Subject(s):

Meteorites--Moore County