[meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?

From: Wadi & Jan Woreczko <ebay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:29:46 +0100
Message-ID: <00BE2FCEC87E43F4978C80080B6F7C13_at_Jowisz>

Ha
Very probable it is the same meteorite. ;-O
Probably it is mistake of the database!?!
Woreczko

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Wadi & Jan Woreczko" <ebay at biol.uw.edu.pl>
Cc: "Peter Scherff" <peterscherff at rcn.com>; "'Frank Cressy'"
<fcressy at prodigy.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?


>
> Thanks for providing this list. Interesting.
>
> I can't speak to the others, but I have specimens of Glanggang and
> Selakopi, and please note they are the same meteorite.
>
>
> All best / d,
>
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Wadi & Jan Woreczko wrote:
>
>> Ha
>> and......
>> - 25 Aug1865 - Aumale and Shergotty
>> - 28 Aug1925 - Ellemeet and Lanzenkirchen
>> - 8 Aug1933 - Sioux County and Repeev Khutor
>> - 26 Sep1939 - Glanggang and Selakopi
>> - 17 Sep1945 - Atoka and Soroti
>> - 21 Sep1949 - Akaba and Beddgelert
>> - 20 Oct1951 r. - Manych aand Yambo
>> - 13 Nov1952 - Galim (a) and Galim (b)
>> - 30 Oct1994 - Devri-Khera and Lohawat
>> - 21 Jun2002 - Kilabo and Thuathe
>> http://www.woreczko.pl/meteorites/falls/f_Falls-years.htm
>> Best
>> Woreczko
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Scherff" <peterscherff at rcn.com
>> >
>> To: "'Frank Cressy'" <fcressy at prodigy.net>;
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> >
>> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
>>
>>
>>> HI Frank,
>>>
>>> Don't forget 2 meteorites that fell on August 28, 1925:
>>>
>>> Ellemeet, Dio
>>> Lanzenkirchen, L4
>>>
>>> I have been looking for samples of these meteorites for years, all to
>>> no
>>> avail.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Frank
>>> Cressy
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 12:01 PM
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> In my stating that 1868 had 13 falls I was in error. I used the
>>> database
>>> at:
>>> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/metcat/
>>> which
>>> had 13 entries. I neglected to look at the entries which included Mount
>>> Vernon and Paint Creek. Neither is a fall but were found in that year.
>>>
>>> Guilty as charged on the 1868 error. Hope to make up for it by adding
>>> the
>>> following.
>>>
>>> It is interesting to note that in 1933 two meteorites fell on the same
>>> day
>>> (August 8), less than an hour apart if my time zone conversions are
>>> correct. The two are Sioux County, USA and Repeev Khutor, Russia. Both
>>> are
>>> rare; Sioux County is an eucrite, Repeev Khutor is classified as a IIF
>>> iron. THe only other meteorites I know of that fell on the same day are
>>> Thuathe and Kilabo that fell on July 21, 2002 about 5 hours apart..
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Frank Cressy <fcressy at prodigy.net>
>>> To: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>; miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca;
>>> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Sent: Sat, November 28, 2009 9:58:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
>>>
>>> Melanie, Greg and all,
>>>
>>> I think we have a ways to go to break the record. In 1933 as many as 19
>>> meteorites fell worldwide if you count 2 finds that were reported to
>>> have
>>> been observed to fall in 1933 but were found later and are classified
>>> as
>>> finds. The second greatest number of falls occurred in 1868 when 13
>>> falls
>>> were witnessed and recovered worldwide. In 1933 seven falls were
>>> witnessed
>>> to fall in the US; Pasamonte, Cherokee Springs, Athens, Sioux County,
>>> and
>>> Malaga plus Willard (b) and Elton which were found later, but are
>>> believed
>>> to be 1933 falls.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
>>> To: miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Sent: Sat, November 28, 2009 9:16:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
>>>
>>>
>>> Melanie:
>>>
>>> I asked this same question earlier in the year; someone responded with
>>> some
>>> numbers from past years, but I do not remember who. I think we may
>>> break
>>> the record though.
>>>
>>> Greg S.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:10:41 -0800
>>>> From: miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca
>>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
>>>>
>>>> I have returned you lucky people!
>>>> Has the year 2009 set a new record for the greatest number of
>>>> witnessed
>>> fireballs seen within one year? If not - what year has the most
>>> reported
>>> falls?
>>>>
>>>> -----------
>>>> Melanie
>>>> IMCA: 2975
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>>>>
>>>> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know
>>> what you're gonna get!
>>>>
>>>>
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