This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Meteorites are fragments of asteroids or comets that have entered Earth’s atmosphere and reached the ground intact. Scientists analyze their chemical and mineralogical properties for clues as to how Earth and other bodies in our solar system formed. They range in size from dust-sized particles to large masses.
Meteorites generally fall into one of three classes:
— Stony meteorites, which are rich in silicate minerals.
— Iron meteorites, which are enriched with native iron alloyed with nickel.
— Stony-iron meteorites, which are mixtures of the previous two classes.
Ohio has 14 confirmed meteorites. A recovered meteorite is identified as either a fall or a find. A meteorite identified as a fall means that the specimen was observed falling through the atmosphere just prior to being discovered.
A find is a meteorite that was not observed descending through Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered at some point in time after landing.
Meteorite Listing
Anderson (Turner Mounds)✝
County: Hamilton
Date: prehistoric
Total mass recovered (kg): 0.85
Class: stony-iron
Cincinnati
County: Hamilton
Date: 1870
Total mass recovered (kg): 1‒2
Class: iron
Dayton
County: Montgomery
Date: 1892
Total mass recovered (kg): 26.3
Class: iron
Enon
County: Clark
Date: ca.1883
Total mass recovered (kg): 0.76
Class: stony-iron
Fairfield
County: Butler
Date: 1974
Total mass recovered (kg): 1.6
Class: iron
Gahanna
County: Franklin
Date: 1950
Total mass recovered (kg): 1.2
Class: iron
Hopewell Mounds✝
County: Ross
Date: prehistoric
Total mass recovered (kg): 0.13
Class: stony-iron
Kossuth
County: Auglaize
Date: 1975
Total mass recovered (kg): 5.9
Class: iron
New Concord
County: Muskingum/Guernsey
Date: 1860
Total mass recovered (kg): 227
Class: stony
New Westville
County: Preble
Date: 1941
Total mass recovered (kg): 4.8
Class: iron
Powellsville
County: Scioto
Date: 1990
Total mass recovered (kg): 4.31
Class: stony
Pricetown
County: Highland
Date: 1893
Total mass recovered (kg): 0.9
Class: stony
Tarlton
County: Fairfield
Date: 1967
Total mass recovered (kg): 0.227
Class: stony
Wooster
County: Wayne
Date: 1858
Total mass recovered (kg): 22.5
Class: iron
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