[meteorite-list] Canadian Meteorite statistics

From: Herd, Richard <herd_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:26 2004
Message-ID: <3E3C279AF3F9D411BAA00002A529150E5015AE_at_S0-OTT-X10>

Top 10 "largest" meteorites found in Canada based on the weights of =
single=20
  recovered masses:=20

  1. Madoc, Ontario, 1864 167.5 kg Iron Find=20
  2. Iron Creek, Alberta, 1869 146.0 Iron Find=20
  3. Abee, Alberta, 1952 107.0 Stony Fall =
+=20
  4. Osseo, Ontario, 1931 46.3 Iron Find=20
  5. Dresden (Ontario), Ontario, 1939 39.9* Stony Fall=20
  6. Manitouwabing, Ontario, 1962 39.0 Iron Find=20
  7. Springwater, Sask., 1931 38.6* Stony-iron Find=20
  8. Bruderheim, Alberta, 1930 31.2* Stony Fall =
!=20
  9. Hagersville, Ontario, 1999 30.0 Iron Find =
#=20
  10. Vulcan, Alberta, 1962 19.0 Stony Find =
~=20

  + Abee fell in 1952. The Catalogue of Meteorites 2000, Fifth =
Edition,=20
    The Natural History Museum, erroneously says 1953=20
  * largest/heaviest mass of more than one; the main mass recovered, =
and=20
    therefore probably still the main mass=20
  ! largest meteorite fall in Canada, a meteorite shower of >303 kg=20
     recovered=20
  # an iron meteorite, single mass, soon to be officially accepted and=20
    named, discovered in April 1999=20
  ~ largest stony meteorite find in Canada=20

  Please send corrections or discussion to <herd_at_nrcan.gc.ca>=20

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