[meteorite-list] How Many Lunar Meteorites?
From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:16:42 -0700 Message-ID: <599850FDF9D24F169649ADE03E90DBEE_at_D190TH71> Still true, Eric. Though there's a couple guys on E-Bay who would argue that with us. <g> Linton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How Many Lunar Meteorites? >I also noticed, there are no Lunar meteorites recovered in the USA. Yet... > > Does this still hold true? > > Eric > > > On 8/23/2010 11:53 AM, Randy Korotev wrote: >> Dear Eric: >> >> My alphanumeric list contains 140 named stones, >> >> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm >> >> with the caveat that some do not actually have official names yet (e.g., >> "Unnamed 12"). They're on the list because I've analyzed them and know >> them to be lunar. That's the main reason that my number, 140, is larger >> than the MetBull number, 130. It's my hope that all the unnamed get >> official names someday. >> >> "Does this mean there are 130 Lunar meteorites that have been recovered >> and classified, Ever?" Stones, yes; meteorites, no. >> >> My composition-ordered list has only 68 meteorites because of known or >> strongly-suspected pairings. >> >> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alumina.htm >> >> Norbert Classen keeps close tabs on this and has 67 on his list (he and I >> both know about one that is on my list but may not be on his list yet): >> >> http://www.meteoris.de/luna/list.html >> >> So, ~68 is the total number of known lunar meteorites. That information >> is not easily available from the MetBull database. It sometimes takes >> years to establish that different named stones are or are not paired. >> >> A confusion for your calculations is that practically every individual >> lunar and martian meteorite stone gets it's own name and line-item in the >> MetBull database whereas all Allende stones have one name. >> >> Randy >> >> >> >> >> At 12:40 PM 8/23/2010 Monday, you wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> >>> I know this has been talked about on-list but... I keep getting this >>> question, or people that say they have found a "Lunar" meteorite. I'm >>> wondering how many there actually are. I've heard numbers thrown about >>> haphazardly, but no one has been able to give me a clear and concise >>> answer. >>> >>> The Met-Bull has "...130 records found for meteorites with historical >>> types that contain "Lunar"...' >>> >>> Does this mean there are 130 Lunar meteorites that have been recovered >>> and classified, Ever? Or is my search flawed? (as a side note, it also >>> says there are "...92 records found for meteorites with historical types >>> that contain "Martian"...") >>> >>> Dr. Randy Korotev's "List of Lunar Meteorites" on the Washinton >>> University website has the number at 140. >>> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm >>> >>> Just for giggles I wanted to know how many total classified meteorites >>> there actually were on the planet. >>> >>> "...39146 valid meteorite names; 11959 provisional names; 4589 full-text >>> writeups..." >>> >>> That's a whopping 51,105 classifications. Wow! >>> >>> Doing some simple math, 130 Lunar meteorites out of 51,105 total >>> classifications means that "Lunars" only makeup about 0.254% of the >>> total number of meteorite ever classified. (0.180% for Martian >>> meteorites). >>> >>> Are these number correct? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eric >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Mon 23 Aug 2010 04:16:42 PM PDT |
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