[meteorite-list] Dresden (Ontario) fall date

From: Chris Spratt <cspratt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:03:54 -0700
Message-ID: <4E56F0FA.8040502_at_islandnet.com>

Hi Listers:

The Catalog of Meteorites lists the fall date of the Dresden (Ontario)
Canada H6 fall as occurring on June 11, 1939.

Yet the following give a date of July 11, 1939 with a recovery date of
July 12, 1939.

http://www.rasc.ca/journal/pdfs/2006-04-lr.pdf
http://www.rasc.ca/journal/pdfs/2006-06-lr.pdf

and:

Canadian Meteorites by Richard White (1984), as published by The
Provincial Museum of Alberta, pages 19 and 20.

Also:

Colgrove, W.G., 1939, "The Dresden Meteorite." JRASC, 33, 301-33.

Newspapers:

Globe & Mail, July 12, 1939.
The Chatham News, July 12, 1939.
http://www.wallaceburgcourierpress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2397194

So which date is reliable? If the Meteorite Catalog is incorrect, will
it be corrected in a future edition?

Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
Received on Thu 25 Aug 2011 09:03:54 PM PDT