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Re: Total No. of Meteorites

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Subject: Re: Total No. of Meteorites
From: Bernd Pauli <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 00:57:13 +0200
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mblood schrieb:

> Bernd Pauli wrote:
> > Hello Michael, hello List!
> > All of the Antarctic meteorites - both U.S. and Japanese - are
> finds, by
> > nature. As for the rest of the interplanetary 'space gang', my
> database yields 2823 finds and 1130 falls.
> > Regards, Bernd
> ------
> Dear Bernd,
> So, you are saying, outside the Antarctic, there are a total of 3,953
> falls & finds (as last totalled) but in the Antarctic, there is not a
> distinguishment made between what are mearly separate specimens and
> what are entirely separate falls? (I use the word "fall" to
> destinguish between two or more entirely separate meteoritic entries,
> NOT whether someone saw the bolide{s} or not)
> Michael

Well, what I understand is, that each meteorite found, gets its
"personal" field number (sample number). Lab research then provides
tentative or actual pairings. Thus, the total given for Antarctic
meteorites (as of February 1998 - AMN 21-1, 1998, p. 3) is 7796
classified U.S. Antarctic meteorites (including paired samples like PCA
82518 and its kin.

Regards, Bernd

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Total No. of Meteorites

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