[meteorite-list] A simple question

From: Norman Lehrman <nlehrman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jan 26 23:46:48 2005
Message-ID: <20050127044637.46630.qmail_at_web81006.mail.yahoo.com>

Goran,

I asked this same question a while back and the
general answer I received was "about one fall per
three square miles per thousand years". (This still
begs the question of the average number of fragments
per fall---).

I would also appreciate any corrections list members
may have to offer.

Best Regards,
Norm
http://TektiteSource.co


--- Göran Axelsson <axelsson_at_acc.umu.se> wrote:

> ... with a number of different answers depending on
> who you ask...
>
> I'm going to hold a speach about meteorites on our
> local geology club tomorrow and it struck me that I
> haven't the faintest clue about how often a
> meteorite
> survives the fall.
> What I'm looking for is a simple number of
> meteorites
> per square km (mile, parsek, ...) and year that hits
> the Earth so I could do an approximation of
> meteorites
> per year in Sweden.
> There is probably a lot of different numbers
> depending
> on which scientist made the calculation, but I just
> need an approximate answer.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Göran
>
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