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

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:35 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010727095521.0237d558_at_pop3.norton.antivirus>

After a closer look at my elevation data, I have to say that I don't think
it is possible to tell which of the three highest finds I listed yesterday
is the actual champion. A rudimentary error analysis gives probable ranges as:

   Aguas Caliente, 4510-4650 m
   Ngiangri, 4600-4650 m
   Barranca Blanca, 4400-4700 m

My gut feeling is that if somebody goes to good topo maps and plots these,
Ngiangri will win. But I don't know.

jeff

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Received on Fri 27 Jul 2001 10:02:37 AM PDT