[meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:49:33 -0800
Message-ID: <C7B95F6D.C0CD%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Erich,
        All the research I have found indicates no relationship.
        Best wishes, Michael


On 3/7/10 11:03 AM, "Eric Wichman" <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:

> Hi Listees,
>
> Perhaps this is a dumb question... The Wethersfield meteorite(s) two
> stones fell 11 years apart, both of them crashed through the roofs of
> homes, and both are L6 Olivine-hypersthene chondrites.
>
> The houses that were hit were only 1.4 miles from each other.
>
> Are these two pieces paired? Are they from the same meteoroid stream?
>
> Article on the Wethersfield Meteorite:
> http://www.peabody.yale.edu/collections/met/met_wethersfield.html
>
> Newspaper Article - The Day:
> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19821109&id=yAMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z
> nUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2345,1773959
>
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> METEORITICAL BULLETIN ENTRY INFO:
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> Name: Wethersfield (1982)
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=24251
> Observed fall: Yes
> Year fell: 1982
> Country: United States
> Mass: 2.76 kg
>
> FALL OF THE WETHERSFIELD (1982), USA, STONY METEORITE
> Name: WETHERSFIELD (1982)
> Place of fall: Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA.
> 41?42'38"N., 72?40'25"W.
> Date of fall: November 8, 1982, 2114 hrs.
> Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25
> Number of individual
> specimens: 1 and small fragments
> Total weight: 2756 g
>
> Circumstances of fall: Following a fireball and thunder-like booms, a
> mass of 2704 g and about 52 g of fragments were recovered after falling
> through the roof of a house in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA.
>
> Source: R.S. Clarke, Jr., Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian
> Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA.
> Note: The stone which fell in 1971 on the same town should now be
> referred to as the Wethersfield (1971) meteorite.
>
> Name: Wethersfield (1971)
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=24250
> Observed fall: Yes
> Year fell: 1971
> Country: United States
> Mass: 350 g
>
> FALL OF THE WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT, STONY METEORITE
> Name: WETHERSFIELD
> Place of fall: Wethersfield, Connecticut.
> 72? 39'E, 41? 42'N.
> Date of fall: April 8, 1971. Probably between 0700 and 1100 GMT, and
> certainly between 0430 and 1130 GMT.
> Class and type: Stony. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite.
> Number of individual specimens: 1
> Total weight: 350 g
>
> Circumstances of fall: The meteorite fell through the roof of the home
> of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Cassarino and was found in the early morning
> suspended in a ceiling. The specimen was obtained for the Smithsonian
> Institution by Dr. Richard E. McCrosky and is now in the Division of
> Meteorites, Washington.
>
> Sources: Dr. Richard E. McCrosky, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
> Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reports of the Smithsonian Institution Center
> for Short-Lived Phenomena, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Event number 35-71,
> card number 1172 of April 17, 1971, and card number 1175 of April 20, 1971).
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>
> What are the chances of this being the same meteoroid(s) orbiting the
> Sun and coming back around in 11 years to smash another house not 1.4
> miles from the first?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
>
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