[meteorite-list] Statistically Speaking

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:59:07 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CE771482190BB3-1B78-114598_at_Webmail-m108.sysops.aol.com>

Zelimir asks to post:

"- L. LaPaz, in: "Popular Astronomy", vol. 59 (1951), p 433"

not Bernd, but here the reference is:

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1951PA.....59..433L/0000434.000.html

It is for both Macau and N Concord (the first time the latter
horse/colt mention appears referenced to a JC Steele, who may have been
a mayor of an Ohio town near the strewn field).

And there is the 1938 inferred cow basher from Chicora, Pennsylvania

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=5349

PA PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.90 p 390.

"At Chicora, a farmer (10) was sitting on his porch when there
came a sound like an approaching airplane, and a great gust of wind.
The chickens in a nearby paddock were wildly excited and objected
to something in their midst, but a search failed to disclose what it
was all about. Next day, hearing of the meteorite, the farmer searched
again and discovered two pieces of it, the larger about half the size
of a man's clenched fist, the smaller, half that size. They were
stony meteorites, the outer skin melted, resolidified, and slightly
cracked, and they were buried 2 or 3 inches in the grass roots. The
impression fitted the stone well, and the stone appeared to have fallen
vertically. The farmer reports no flash of light or roar of thunder,
but only a noise like an airplane and a great gust of wind. In a
neighboring field a cow was discovered to have its hide torn down-
ward as if struck a glancing blow by a falling stone, and it was neces-
sary to have a veterinarian tend to it. "


Kindest wishes
Doug



-----Original Message-----
From: Zelimir.Gabelica <Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr>
To: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Nov 22, 2011 3:55 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Statistically Speaking


Hi Ruben, all,

The Catalogue of Meteorites (M.M. Grady, A.L. Graham), NHM London, Ed
2000, p 313, reports that the MACAU meteorite shower (Brazil, 1836)
"killed several cattle" (several oxen killed, houses damaged...).
They give some references (I did not go through).

See:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=mkdHJR35Q_8C&pg=PA313&lpg=PA313&dq=macau+meteorite+killed+cattle&source=bl&ots=y-GErvRFOw&sig=AP-p2ENs_aJ_TBuG4bIDtF8Z9HM&hl=fr&ei=TV3LTpfkFMeo8AO3_ezPDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=macau%20meteorite%20killed%20cattle&f=false

See also (for the same):

- L. LaPaz, in: "Popular Astronomy", vol. 59 (1951), p 433
- Spratt, in "Mercury", 1992, March-April issue, p 50

I don't have access to these references.

Bernd ?

Best wishes,

Zelimir


Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> a ??crit??:

> Hi all,
>
> So, After a few days and LOTS of email responses both on and off list
> here's what I have learned.
>
> 1. Q. How many meteorites hit the ground per year?
> A. On average about 1 per square mile per thousand years. About
> 20,000 to 40,000 per year.
>
> No one challenged this answer so I'm assuming I was at least
> reasonably correct.
>
> 2. Q. Has anyone ever been hit by a meteorite?
> A. I only know of Ann Hodges - Sylacauga, Alabama, USA
>
> Everyone agreed that this answer was correct but added the following.
>
> a. Barbotan may have killed a farmer- but who really knows? After all,
> 1790 was a long time ago.
> b. A pea sized Mbale ricocheted off of a tree and struck a boy...
>
> 3. Q. Has any animal ever been hit by a meteorite?
> A. I'm not sure... there are stories of a dog and a cow being
hit...but?
>
> Top 5 answers:
> a. Park forest meteorite killed termites - while most humans thought
> it was no big deal apparently the termites felt differently.
> b. Valera may or may not have killed a horse.
> c. New Concord may or may not have killed a horse.
> d. Nakhla most likely killed nothing but still looks good on a
website..: )
> e. Surprisingly no one even asked about Vaca Muerta (Spanish for dead
cow)
>
> 4. Q. How often does a city ending meteorite (think Canyon Diablo)
> strike the earth?
> A. ?
>
> Guesses ranged from 20,000 to 40,000 years ago to Sikhote Alin in
1947.
>
> 5. Q. Has any animal ever found a meteorite?
> A. Sorry, I just threw that one in to see if you were paying
> attention....lol
>
> 6. Q. How much in weight does the earth gain per year by all the
> meteorites that enter our atmosphere? Including all, from tiny grain
> of sand meteorites to large bunker-busters.
> A. No clue..........
>
> Seems like my "no clue" answer is (so far) just about as good as the
others.
>
>
>
>
> Rock On!
>
> Ruben Garcia
>
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