[meteorite-list] 10 Falls this year - Can we set the 21st century record for recovered falls?

From: MikeG <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:48:00 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW88zaod-RfAYnCktTxwwdgZKCjGCXaXCgz6ikX1Ac0YYQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mike and List,

I have a few of your meteorites on the list that have not been
approved yet - Zunhua and Guadalajara (assuming those names end up
being official) :

Full 2007 List -

Feb 01, 2007 - Dim Dim (H3-5 chondrite) : Turkey
Feb 21, 2007 - Mahadevpur (H4/5 chondrite) : India (Hammer)
May 10, 2007 - Puerto LaPice (Eucrite) : Spain
Jul 02/03, 2007 - Chergach (H5 chondrite) : Mali
Jul 06, 2007 - Cali (H/L4 chondrite) : Columbia (Hammer)
Jul 20, 2007 - Bunburra Rockhole (Eucrite) : Australia
Aug 11, 2007 - Red Canyon Lake (H5 chondrite) : California USA
Sep 07, 2007 - Guadalajara (L or LL3 chondrite?) : Mexico (Hammer)
Sep 15, 2007 - Carancas (H4-5 chondrite) : Peru (Hammer and Crater Maker)

Notice, Carancas took place a week after Guadalajara, and that might
have stolen some of the latter's thunder and spotlight. The only
thing that could easily push a beautiful type-3 hammer to the back
burner would be another hammer fall of a less-common type that also
produced a sizeable impact crater/feature. It would be nice to
finally see Guadalajara get it's fair due. Of course, Addison and
Novato are stealing the show now!

Full List of falls (updated today) - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG

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On 11/4/12, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Actually in 2007 there is another fall, Zapopan Mexico, chondrite fell
> through a house in the outskirts of Gudalajara in september.  I bought the
> stone from the homeowner.
> I is almost ready for submission to the bulletin. A true hammerstone which
> fell through a very poor house, went through metal roof and blue tarp
> covering the roof, smashed into the brick floor.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:11 AM, MikeG <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Listees and Hunters,
>>
>> If all the reports of recoveries turn out to be solid, then we have
>> ten recovered meteorite falls this year so far.  This is taking into
>> account the new fall over Tata Morocco that Aziz Habibi reported to
>> the List and the recent news of the Addison and Novato falls.
>>
>> 2012 falls so far :
>>
>> Feb 11, 2012 - "Huangzhong/Xining" (unofficial) (L6 chondrite?)  : China
>> Mar 01, 2012 - "Oslo" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Norway
>> (Hammer)
>> Apr 22, 2012 - Sutter's Mill (C - Carbonaceous) : California USA (Hammer)
>> May 03, 2012 - "Diplo" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Pakistan
>> May 22, 2012 - "Katol" (unofficial) (achondrite) : India (Hammer)
>> Jun 03, 2012 - "Comayagua" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite) : Honduras
>> (Hammer)
>> Aug 22, 2012 - Battle Mountain (L6 chondrite) : Nevada USA
>> Oct 12, 2012 - "Tata" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Morocco
>> October 17, 2012 - "Novato" (unofficial) (L6 chondrite) : California
>> USA(Hammer)
>> Oct 30, 2012 - "Addison" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Alabama USA
>>
>> This is the most falls in one year since 2008, when we also had ten.
>>
>> In 2007, we had nine falls.
>>
>> So, we now have a little under two months to track down and recover
>> one more meteorite to set the record mark for the 21st century.
>>
>> I have not looked further back into the records to see when the last
>> time we had more than ten falls.  My personal records of recovered
>> falls only goes back to Tagish Lake and the year 2000.  The Met
>> Bulletin only displays falls that have been approved by NonCom, so
>> confirmed and recovered falls like Zunhua, Breja, and many others are
>> not represented there.  Taking into account credible and verifiable
>> reports of recoveries, my list appears to be as close to authoritative
>> as possible. (if anyone knows of reliable recovery reports that are
>> not reflected on my list, please contact me and let me know)
>>
>> I think this apparent increase in recovery rates is due in part to a
>> greater awareness of meteorite falls by the public on a worldwide
>> level, and the skilled use of Doppler radar and sky-camera data to
>> track bolides and project the strewnfield locations in the US - thanks
>> in no small part to the fine folks behind Galactic Analytics, Marc
>> Fries, Rob Matson, and others.  This is not only interesting from a
>> statistics-geek standpoint, but it is also encouraging to think that
>> this successful methodology can be applied to any place on the planet
>> covered by Doppler radar.  Well done everyone.  :)
>>
>> Keep up the good work everyone and happy huntings!
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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