[meteorite-list] Greatest hits of 2010

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:10:37 -0500
Message-ID: <4D1F43ED.400_at_usgs.gov>

I thought some of you might be interested in this... here are the most
looked-up meteorites of 2010 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Each "hit" represents an instance where a unique user looked at the
detailed record for a meteorite (unique means having a distinct IP
address, with robots and spiders filtered out).

-Jeff

2010 Rank, (2009 rank in parentheses), name, class, # hits

1 (-) Gebel Kamil (Iron, ungrouped), 3033 hits
2 (4) Canyon Diablo (Iron, IAB-MG), 1223 hits
3 (1) Sikhote-Alin (Iron, IIAB), 1159 hits
4 (2) Campo del Cielo (Iron, IAB-MG), 1095 hits
5 (12) Murchison (CM2), 981 hits
6 (16) Ash Creek (L6), 940 hits
7 (6) Northwest Africa 869 (L4-6), 885 hits
8 (5) Gibeon (Iron, IVA), 883 hits
9 (8) Allende (CV3), 795 hits
10 (13) Park Forest (L5), 774 hits
11 (-) Almahata Sitta (Ureilite-an), 747 hits
12 (22) Southampton (Pallasite), 679 hits
13 (10) Allan Hills 84001 (Martian (OPX)), 622 hits
14 (-) Mifflin (L5), 609 hits
15 (9) Buzzard Coulee (H4), 573 hits
16 (-) Oldenburg (1930) (L6), 552 hits
17 (25) Gao-Guenie (H5), 520 hits
18 (24) Seymchan (Pallasite, PMG), 498 hits
19 (-) Gold Basin (L4), 479 hits
20 (-) Orlando (Eucrite), 476 hits
21 (-) Whetstone Mountains (H5), 471 hits
22 (-) Hoba (Iron, IVB), 469 hits
23 (20) Al Haggounia 001 (Aubrite), 465 hits
24 (7) Tamdakht (H5), 450 hits
25 (19) Vaca Muerta (Mesosiderite-A1), 442 hits

Falling off the top-25 list (2009 rank in parentheses):

(3) Getafe (Pseudometeorite)
(11) Meridiani Planum (Iron, IAB complex)
(14) Chergach (H5)
(15) Carancas (H4-5)
(17) Dhofar 489 (Lunar (anorth))
(18) Bunburra Rockhole (Eucrite)
(21) Moss (CO3.6)
(23) Dhofar 461 (Lunar (anorth))
Received on Sat 01 Jan 2011 10:10:37 AM PST