Cosby's Creek
A find, recorded in 1837 in the United States · 960 kg recovered · Iron, IAB-MG
Cosby's Creek ranks 51st by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Only five observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 35.783° N, 83.250° W
Rings every 50 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Bald Mountain, 72 km to the east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1929). In 1837, the year Cosby's Creek entered the record, three meteorites were seen to fall: Yonozu in Japan, Gross-Divina in Slovakia, Esnandes in France.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bald Mountain | 1929 | L4 | 3.7 kg | 72 km east |
| 2 | Maryville | 1983 | L6 | 1.4 kg | 77 km west |
| 3 | Rich Mountain | 1903 | L6 | 668 g | 86 km south |
| 4 | Cherokee Springs | 1933 | LL6 | 8.4 kg | 149 km south-east |
| 5 | Cumberland Falls | 1919 | Aubrite | 17 kg | 153 km north-west |
Cosby's Creek among other finds
In the record, 72 finds carry the label Iron, IAB-MG, against one observed fall. The closest fall of the same group (iron IAB) is Pitts, 427 km away in the United States, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Sardis lies closest: 340 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Tucson (975 kg) and Imilac (920 kg).