[meteorite-list] Smallest Meteorite

From: John Cabassi <john_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:46:51 -0800
Message-ID: <CAFBTX4xQwBHXi=EHZbNiR7Fpwjb2PWzwQ+H8cki7noJD8NWvTw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Lots of small entities. I have a fully encrusted, oriented Buzzard
Coulee 0.3g, but I'll check the weight again

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There are several other very small meteorites...
>
> Khatyrka, announced in June. Although it is listed as 0.1 g in the MB
> database, if you read the text, you see that there are only 10 particles,
> all < 1 mm. These could well have an actual cumulative mass of <10 mg.
>
> Hadley Rille: a named meteorite found in lunar soil from Apollo 15,
> estimated mass 3 mg.
>
> Bench Crater, another Moonish meteorite. I don't know what it might have
> weighed, but maybe over 10 mg. Alan may know.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 12/6/2012 10:56 AM, Adam Hupe wrote:
>>
>> Here is what I have been able to summarize:
>>
>> Smallest find: Yamato 8333 10mg provided there are no pairings
>>
>>
>> Smallest TKW for a witnessed fall: Revelstoke ~1 gram
>>
>> Smallest completely crusted individual from a witnessed fall: Bensour
>> ~48mg
>>
>> Take Care,
>>
>> Adam
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