[meteorite-list] Fw: Re: More Meteorite Geography Trivia

From: debfred at att.net <debfred_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:16:12 +0000
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  Interesting topic. One of my favorite meteorites in my collection is Isla del Espititu Santo. This is a small TKW 869g L6 meteorite from a small island in the Sea of Cortez off the coast from La Paz, Mexico. Regards, Fred Olsen
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From: Zelimir Gabelica <Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr>
>
> Frank is perfectly right.
>
> Now, if you take into account the ratio between the weight (kg) and the
> island surface area, you can calculate the average number of meteorite kg
> thet fell per square km for 3 small islands (there could be more)
>
> Island surface
> (km2) Meteorite tkw kg/km2 (x 10-3)
>
> Oahu 1545 Honolulu + P.
> Valley 3.682 2.38
> Mauritius 1866 Mauritius 0.222
> 0.189
> Jamaica 11425 Lucky
> Hill 20.4+ 1.79+
>
> Now taking 2 small countries (I did not go through all):
>
> Lesotho 30355 Thuathe 30+
> 0.99
> Swaziland 17363 Dwaleni 3.230
> 0.186
>
> In all cases Oahu wins...
>
> Good going for other weird evaluations!
>
> Cheers
>
> Zelimir
>
>
> A 08:45 13/12/2008 -0800, Frank Cressy a ?crit :
>
>
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> >
> > > 1) Jamaica has one known meteorite, Lucky Hill, an
> > > iron IIIAB. What are the chances of a meteorite landing on
> > > a relatively small island in the middle of a sea? This
> > > meteorite could have easily ended up on the bottom of
> > > the Caribbean, but instead it gets to spend it's days
> > > in a tropical beach paradise.
> >
> >I think Hawaii goes one better. Two meteorite falls,
> >Honolulu (1825) and Palolo Valley (1949) both fell on Oahu,
> >a small island in the much larger Pacific Ocean. Incidently
> >both meteorites fell in the capitol of Honolulu only about five miles from
> >one another.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Frank
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