[meteorite-list] Only 25 per year?

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:08 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4E935_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

I had to smile at this sentence from the Tryon Daily Bulletin news
story that Ron posted:

"Outside of Antarctica, genuine meteorites are found at a rate of about
25 per year; of these five to 10 are recovered from observed falls,"
said Cooper.

Clearly Cooper also should have excluded northwest Africa, Oman, and
some other hot desert locations, but even so, I suspect that the
25-per-year rate ceased being an accurate figure more than 5 years
ago. I found a dozen unpaired meteorites in 2001, and at least that
many in 2002, and I'm certainly not responsible for half the worldwide
finds outside of Antarctica/Sahara/Oman. It wouldn't surprise me if
our list members were collectively responsible for finding 50 or more
new meteorites in each of the last three years.

Cheers,
Rob
Received on Wed 23 Apr 2003 01:39:48 PM PDT