Charlotte
Seen to fall in 1835 in the United States · 4.3 kg recovered · Iron, IVA
Charlotte is the earliest of the four Iron, IVA falls. It is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 36.167° N, 87.333° W
The map is centred on Charlotte. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Charlotte is Drake Creek, 79 km to the east. Within 250 km lie nine other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake Creek | 1827 | L6 | 5 kg | 79 km east |
| 2 | Murray | 1950 | CM2 | 13 kg | 84 km north-west |
| 3 | Petersburg | 1855 | Eucrite-pmict | 1.8 kg | 115 km south-east |
| 4 | Athens | 1933 | LL6 | 265 g | 160 km south |
| 5 | Leighton | 1907 | H5 | 877 g | 177 km south |
| 6 | Frankfort (stone) | 1868 | Howardite | 650 g | 193 km south |
What Iron, IVA means
Iron, IVA is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IVA, defined by its nickel and trace-element content. Charlotte has the smallest recovered mass of the 4 Iron, IVA falls. The nearest other Iron, IVA fall is Akyumak in Turkey, 10,139 km away. In date order among Iron, IVA falls, the one after is Rembang (1919, Indonesia).
Charlotte in the United States’s record
In date order Charlotte is number 10 of the 146 falls recorded in the United States, which run from 1807 to 2012. By recovered mass Charlotte comes 54th of 146 there. The fall recorded before Charlotte in the United States is Forsyth (1829); the next is Little Piney (1839).
The 1830s
Charlotte is one of 21 falls dated to the 1830s. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1835: Aldsworth in the United Kingdom.