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

From: Jerry Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:14:37 -0500
Message-ID: <4CD8DB17C71846D7ABCAAE336DE9C1FB_at_ASUS>

The smatering of these "land" smacks dramatically points to the vast number
of "lost at sea" falls.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Cressy" <fcressy at prodigy.net>
To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re: More Meteorite Geography Trivia


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> Hello All,
>
> Michael wrote:
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>> 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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