Claxton meteorite: Difference between revisions

|Found_date= December 109, 1984

'''Claxton'''<ref name=metbulldb>{{metbull|5374|Claxton}}</ref> is an L6 [[L6L chondrite|chondrite]] [[meteorite]] that fell to earth on December 10, 1984 in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]]. It is the only known meteorite to directly strike a mailbox.<ref name="mailbox">{{cite web|title=Claxton Meteorite|url=http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/labphoto/Claxton.htm|publisher=New England Meteoritical Services|access-date=10 June 2013|date=October 2000}}</ref>

==Mailbox Strikestrike==

According to the eyewitness account of [[Claxton, Georgia]] resident Don Richardson, the meteorite struck his neighbor's mailbox about {{convert|36 meters|m}} from his position.<ref>Meteoritics, Vol. 20, 1985</ref> The rear of the mailbox was crushed and the mailbox was knocked to the ground. A collector bought the mailbox from the homeowner and sold it to the Macovich Collection where it is valued at $60,000–$80,000.<ref name="bonhams">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3703657&iSaleNo=15648|title = Bonhams : Historic Meteorites and Related Americana}}</ref>