Weston
Seen to fall in 1807 in the United States · 150 kg recovered · H4
Weston is the earliest of the 146 falls recorded in the United States. It recovered the most mass of the 16 falls dated to the 1800s. Stratford came down only 13 km to the south-east, in 1974.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 41.267° N, 73.267° W
The map is centred on Weston. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stratford | 1974 | L6 | 50 g | 13 km south-east |
| 2 | Yorktown (New York) | 1869 | L5 | 250 g | 46 km west |
| 3 | Peekskill | 1992 | H6 | 13 kg | 54 km west |
| 4 | Wethersfield (1982) | 1982 | L6 | 2.8 kg | 70 km north-east |
| 5 | Wethersfield (1971) | 1971 | L6 | 350 g | 70 km north-east |
| 6 | Deal | 1829 | L6 | 28 g | 129 km south-west |
What H4 means
H4 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 4, mildly heated on its parent body. Weston is the third-heaviest of the 50 H4 falls. Weston carries about 29 times the median recovered mass of H4 falls. The nearest other H4 fall is Farmville in the United States, 736 km away. In date order among H4 falls, the one before Weston is Sena (1773, Spain) and the one after is Seres (1818, Greece).
Weston in the United States’s record
By recovered mass Weston comes eighth of 146 there. The next fall recorded in the United States is Caswell County, in 1810.