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Wold Cottage
On display in the Natural History Museum, London
TypeChondrite
ClassOrdinary chondrite
GroupL6
CountryUnited Kingdom
RegionYorkshire, England
Coordinates54°8′02.4″N 0°24′45.3″W / 54.134000°N 0.412583°W / 54.134000; -0.412583[1]
Observed fallYes
Fall date13 December 1795, 3 p.m.
TKW56 lb (25 kg)
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The Wold Cottage meteorite (also called the Wold Newton meteorite) fell near Wold Cottage farm in 1795, a few miles away from the village of Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England.

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