Norton County (meteorite)

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

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) on February 18, 1948.

On April 28, a research team from the University of New Mexico set out to identify and recover pieces of the meteorite.

[2] Norton County is a Ca-poor aubrite fragmental breccia.

[citation needed] 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.