Goose Lake meteorite

Meteorite

Goose Lake meteorite

Goose Lake meteorite on display

Type| Iron meteorite
Group| IAB-sLL
Country| United States
Coordinates| 41°58′48″N 120°32′30″W﻿ / ﻿41.98000°N 120.54167°W﻿ / 41.98000; -120.54167
Observed fall| No
Found date| 1938-10-13
TKW| 1,170 kilograms (2,580 lb)
Related media on Wikimedia Commons

The Goose Lake meteorite is a meteorite that was found at Goose Lake in the United States by two hunters from Oakland, California on October 13, 1938.

In 1939 it was acquired by the United States National Museum. From 1939 until January 14, 1941 it was on exhibition at the Golden Gate International Exposition before moving to Washington, D.C. It was placed on display in the National Museum's meteorite hall until that hall was closed in the 1950s. Today, the meteorite is on display at the National Museum of Natural History.[1]

No crater was left on the ground where it was found, thus meaning that the velocity of the meteorite's impact was minimal.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Glossary of meteoritics

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Goose Lake Meteorite on Exhibit". 41402. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
2. ^ Cook, C. Sharp; Butler, C. P. (May 15, 1965). "Origin of the Goose Lake Meteorite". Nature. 206 (4985): 704–705. Bibcode:1965Natur.206..704C. doi:10.1038/206704a0. S2CID 4165324.

* v
* t
* e

Meteorites and meteoritics

Meteorite...|

* Glossary
* Fall
* bolide
* impactite
* statistics
* strewn field
* Find
* hunting
* Largest
* Micrometeorite
* Notable
* Parent body

Classification|

| By type, class,
clan, group
and grouplet|

| Chondrite|

* Carbonaceous
* CB
* CH
* CI
* CK
* CM
* CO
* CR
* CV
* C ungrouped
* Enstatite
* EH
* EL
* Kakangari
* Ordinary
* H
* L
* LL
* Rumuruti

|

Achondrite|

| Primitive|

* Acapulcoite
* Brachinite
* IAB
* IIICD
* Lodranite
* Ureilite
* Winonaite

|

Asteroidal|

* Angrite
* Aubrite
* HED
* Diogenite
* Eucrite
* Howardite

Lunar|

* Impact breccia
* Mare basalts
* List

Martian|

* Basaltic Breccia
* NWA 7034
* Chassignites
* Kaidun
* Nakhlites
* Orthopyroxenite
* ALH84001
* Shergottites
* Martian meteorites list
* Meteorites on Mars list

Iron|

* IC
* IIAB
* IIC
* IID
* IIE
* IIG
* IIIAB
* IIIE
* IIIF
* IVA
* IVB

Stony-iron|

* Mesosiderite
* Pallasite
* Main group
* Eagle Station
* Pyroxene

Structural|

* Ataxite
* Hexahedrite
* Octahedrite

Obsolete terms|

* Amphoterite
* Nonmagmatic meteorite

Mineralogy
and petrology|

* Characteristics
* shock
* TKW
* weathering
* Grains
* chondrule
* presolar
* Minerals
* Ca–Al-rich inclusion
* extraterrestrial materials
* meteoric iron
* Patterns
* Neumann lines
* Widmanstätten
* CI1 fossils

Lists|

* Meteorites by
* find location
* name
* type
* Awards
* Journals
* Organizations

* See also: Asteroid
* Atmospheric entry
* Comet
* Impact event
* Meteor
* shower
* Meteoroid
* Near-Earth object

* v
* t
* e

Meteorites by name

A–B|

* Aarhus
* Abee
* Adelie Land
* Adhi Kot
* Adzhi-Bogdo
* Agen
* Akbarpur
* Albareto
* Allan Hills 77005
* Allan Hills A81005
* Allan Hills 84001
* Allegan
* Allende
* Ambapur Nagla
* Andura
* Angers
* Angra dos Reis
* Ankober
* Anlong
* Annaheim
* Appley Bridge
* Arbol Solo
* Archie
* Arroyo Aguiar
* Assisi
* Atoka
* Avanhandava
* Baszkówka
* Beardsley
* Bendegó
* Bellsbank
* Bench Crater (Moon)
* Benton
* Białystok
* Blithfield
* Block Island (Mars)
* Bovedy
* Brachina
* Brahin
* Braunschweig
* Brenham
* Buzzard Coulee

C–D|

* Campo del Cielo
* Canyon Diablo
* Cape York
* Carancas
* Chambord
* Chassigny
* Chelyabinsk
* Chergach
* Chinga
* Chinguetti
* Claxton
* Coahuila
* Cranbourne
* D'Orbigny
* Dronino

E–F|

* Eagle Station
* Elbogen
* Ensisheim
* Esquel
* Fukang

G–H|

* Gao–Guenie
* Gay Gulch
* Gebel Kamil
* Gibeon
* Goose Lake
* Grant
* Hadley Rille (Moon)
* Heat Shield Rock (Mars)
* High Possil
* Hoba
* Homestead
* Hraschina
* Huckitta

I–J|

* Imilac
* Itqiy

K–L|

* Kaidun
* Kainsaz
* Karoonda
* Kesen
* Khatyrka
* Krasnojarsk
* L'Aigle
* Lac Dodon
* Loreto
* Łowicz

M–N|

* Mackinac Island (Mars)
* Mbozi
* Middlesbrough
* Millbillillie
* Mineo
* Monte Milone
* Moss
* Mundrabilla
* Muonionalusta
* Murchison
* Nakhla
* Nantan
* Neuschwanstein
* Northwest Africa 3009
* Northwest Africa 7034
* Northwest Africa 7325
* Norton County
* Novato

O–P|

* Oileán Ruaidh (Mars)
* Old Woman
* Oldenburg
* Omolon
* Orgueil
* Ornans
* Osseo
* Ourique
* Pallasovka
* Paragould
* Park Forest
* Pavlovka
* Peace River
* Peekskill
* Penouille
* Příbram
* Pultusk

Q–R|

* Qidong
* Richardton

S–T|

* Santa Rosa de Viterbo Meteorite
* Santa Vitoria do Palmar
* Sayh al Uhaymir 169
* Seymchan
* Shelter Island (Mars)
* Shergotty
* Sikhote-Alin
* Sołtmany
* Springwater
* St-Robert
* Stannern
* Strathmore
* Sulagiri
* Sutter's Mill
* Sylacauga
* Tagish Lake
* Tamdakht
* Tenham
* Tissint
* Tlacotepec
* Toluca
* Treysa
* Twannberg

U–V|

* Veliky Ustyug
* Vermillion

W–X|

* Weston
* Willamette
* Winchcombe
* Winona
* Wold Cottage

Y–Z|

* Yamato 691
* Yamato 791197
* Yardymly
* Zagami
* Zaisho
* Zaklodzie

* List: Meteorite fall
* Category

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template