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Sylacauga (meteorite)
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<p>The Sylacauga <a href="/facts/Meteorite/NsmHlBlX">meteorite</a> fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time (18:46 UT) in <a href="/facts/Oak_Grove,_Alabama/f5YbIGpv">Oak Grove</a>, <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a>, near <a href="/facts/Sylacauga,_Alabama/rYq0GIRK">Sylacauga</a>, in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck <a href="/facts/Ann_Elizabeth_Fowler_Hodges/FoqbnWGV">Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges</a> (1920–1972). </p>