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Sylacauga (meteorite)

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Hodges Meteorite
33.211833°N 87.543908°W

Hodges Meteorite at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. It is the only known meteorite to hit a person – Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauga, AL, on November 30, 1954.

The meteorite (also called the Hodges meteorite) is housed in the Alabama of Natural History.

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Sylacauga (meteorite)

Sylacauga (meteorite)

The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954 at 14:46 local time (18:46 UT) in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga. It is commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Hodges (1923–1972).[2]

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