Wold Cottage meteorite
The earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK fell in Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, in 1795. It prompted the first serious investigation into the origin of meteorites and helped confirm they came from space
Picture No
10987437
Media ID
47628838
Size
2678px x 2592px
(4.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
The Natural History Museum, London
Date
1795
