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

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:23:01 -0500
Message-ID: <8E3A4994-03D7-4B9B-A6F3-C74AD8BBFD7F_at_dof3.com>

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?
>>>
>>> -----------
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