[meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:35 2004
Message-ID: <003e01c11626$9b42d020$04f20541_at_fwlr1.az.home.com>

I am with you for once Casper....Tibet is NOT part of China, no matter how
many nukes they point at it. Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_caspercoin.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>; Jeff Grossman
<jgrossman_at_usgs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?


> Tibet, China
>
> The above is disgusting! Do you know what the Chinese have done and what
> they are doing to Tibet?!!
> How can you recognize Tibet, China?!!! I have a real problem with this
Jeff.
>
> Michael Casper
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_usgs.gov>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?
>
>
> > I just got to this question, which I knew I could answer...
> >
> > I have the MetBase data for meteorite locations, and I intersected these
> > with the GTOPO30 world elevation database using ArcInfo (it was fairly
> > easy). The result, at the resolution of these two files (which may be
a
> > factor for steep, mountainous regions)...
> >
> > The highest finds,
> > Aguas Caliente, Argentina, 4643 m
> > Ngiangri, Tibet, China, 4630 m
> > Barranca Blanca, Chile, 4543 m
> >
> > The highest recovered fall, and number 4 overall,
> > Tulung Dzong, Tibet, China, 4249 m
> >
> > The lowest finds on land,
> > Imperial, California, USA, -20 m
> > Sarepta, Russia, -19 m
> > (none others below sea level)
> >
> > Others were recovered underwater (somebody else can determine this).
> >
> > What a fun question!
> >
> > jeff
> >
> >
> > At 08:53 PM 7/20/2001, Martin Horejsi wrote:
> > >Hi Randy, Kevin and all,
> > >
> > >I worked on this problem a while, as possibly one of the usually
> infallible
> > >sources. I think it would be nice if someone could hack the British
> > >Catalogue's software to allow a mass dump of meteorite names and
lat/long
> > >coordinates. This information could then be crossed with a GIS
> information
> > >database of elevations. It might yield more information answering
> questions
> > >we have not yet asked.
> > >
> > >Good luck with your find Kevin. May you get an "est".
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >on 7/20/01 2:34 PM, Randy Mils at acculabs_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > The real question is............
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone really care?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> From: MARSROX_at_aol.com
> > > >> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > > >> Subject: [meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?
> > > >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:10:09 EDT
> > > >>
> > > >> Here's a question that the usually infallable sources have not been
> > > able to
> > > >> pull out of their databases.
> > > >>
> > > >> What's the highest altitude a meteorite has ever been found at? I
am
> not
> > > >> asking about peripheral subjects like micrometeorites caught in gel
> from
> > > >> high-altitude balloons. I'm only concerned with meteorites, falls
or
> > > finds,
> > > >> picked up from the ground.
> > > >>
> > > >> Could it be Tulung Dzong "said to have made a crater 10 feet in
> diameter;
> > > >> two
> > > >> days march NNW of Lhasa"?
> > > >>
> > > >> Could it be Tambo Quemado from Leoncio Prado, Ayacucho, Peru?
> > > >>
> > > >> Something from the Atacama? Antarctica? Alabama Heights?
> > > >>
> > > >> Do we not know?????????
> > > >>
> > > >> Kevin Kichinka
> > > >>
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