Nobleborough
Seen to fall in 1823 in the United States · 2.3 kg recovered · Eucrite-pmict
Nobleborough is the third-earliest of the 146 falls recorded in the United States. It is the earliest of the seven Eucrite-pmict falls.
- Recorded position
- 44.083° N, 69.483° W
The map is centred on Nobleborough. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Nobleborough is Searsmont, 39 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Searsmont | 1871 | H5 | 5.4 kg | 39 km north-east |
| 2 | Castine | 1848 | L6 | 94 g | 67 km north-east |
| 3 | Andover | 1898 | L6 | 3.2 kg | 117 km north-west |
| 4 | Benton | 1949 | LL6 | 2.8 kg | 257 km north-east |
| 5 | St-Robert | 1994 | H5 | 25 kg | 345 km north-west |
| 6 | Wethersfield (1971) | 1971 | L6 | 350 g | 370 km south-west |
What Eucrite-pmict means
Eucrite-pmict is the label for a eucrite, a basaltic rock from the crust of a melted parent body. By recovered mass Nobleborough ranks third of the 7 Eucrite-pmict falls. The nearest other Eucrite-pmict fall is Petersburg in the United States, 1,757 km away. In date order among Eucrite-pmict falls, the one after is Bialystok (1827, Poland).
Nobleborough in the United States’s record
By recovered mass Nobleborough comes 71st of 146 there. The fall recorded before Nobleborough in the United States is Caswell County (1810); the next is Honolulu (1825).
The 1820s
Nobleborough is one of 23 falls dated to the 1820s. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1823: Botschetschki in Ukraine.