[meteorite-list] Confusion between two Ontario, Canada meteors in 2014 (recent falls not classified)

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 22:09:50 -0400 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW-55i0oNFBsKR==0iU8D6rDXUxyuqSuxoL5GMfRkGYnVw_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 6/4/14, Matson, Rob D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at leidos.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Just to confuse things further, I was mixing up the 18 March St. Thomas
> meteor with the more recent (4 May) Codrington, Ontario meteor. The
> *Codrington* one was the one east of Toronto that might be on radar.
> My thanks to Rob Catlin for correcting me and pointing out that St.
> Thomas is obviously west of Toronto.
>
> The St. Thomas fall was on at least 9 different cameras and a pretty
> precise 3D trajectory was computed. I don't think as many cameras
> recorded the Codrington one. But the Codrington one has a promising
> radar hit (Buffalo radar) less than a minute after the event at around
> 13 km altitude, very close to the intersection of all the witness
> reports.
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:17 AM
> To: Rob Matson
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; Michael Farmer
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2014 St. Thomas meteor
>
> Hi Rob and Mike,
>
> No, I thought I had heard something about a find a while back, but now that
> I check my emails and records, I was mistaken.  I removed the St.
> Thomas bolide from the list of meteorite falls.  :)
>
> Best regards and Happy Huntings,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 6/4/14, Rob Matson <mojave_meteorites at cox.net> wrote:
>> Hi Mike/Mike/All,
>>
>> I wondered if I had missed something. As far as I knew, nothing had
>> been found
>> (yet)
>> for the St. Thomas fall east of Toronto. The fall location is pretty
>> well constrained by video (and possibly radar as well), so if anything
>> survived to the ground I expect something will eventually be found.
>> --Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meteorite-list
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:07 PM
>> To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
>> Cc: Meteorite List
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua (Recent
>> Falls)
>>
>> Why do you list the Canada thing, nothing was found that O ever heard
>> about.
>> Michael Farmer
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:51 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks"
>> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's a shame.  It's one of those meteorites that is destined just
>>> be an obscure footnote.  I wonder if any of it will ever surface, and
>>> if so, the chain of provenance will be murky.
>>>
>>> For those that are interested, here are the known and/or official
>>> falls since 2012 :
>>>
>>> 2014 -
>>>
>>> Feb 17, 2014 - "Santa Fe" (unofficial) (unknown type) : Argentina Feb
>>> 28, 2014 - "Rift Valley" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Kenya
>> (Hammer)
>>> Mar 09, 2014 - "Jinju" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : South
>>> Korea Mar 18, 2014 - "St. Thomas" (unofficial) : (unknown type) :
>>> Canada
>>>
>>> 2013 -
>>>
>>> Jan 15, 2013 - "Planeta Rica" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) :
>>> Colombia
>>> Feb 15, 2013 - Chelyabinsk - (LL5 chondrite) : Russia (Hammer) Apr
>>> 19, 2013 - "Wolcott" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) :
>>> Connecticut USA (Hammer)
>>> Apr 23, 2013 - Braunschweig (L6 chondrite) : Germany (Hammer) May 09,
>>> 2013 - "Oshika" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Namibia Jun 15,
>>> 2013 - "Yuncheng-Shanxi" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) :
>>> China
>>> Sep 23, 2013 - "Vicencia" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Brazil
>>>
>>> 2012 -
>>>
>>> Feb 11, 2012 - Xining (L5 chondrite) : China Mar 01, 2012 - "Oslo"
>>> (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Norway
>>> (Hammer)
>>> Apr 22, 2012 - Sutter's Mill (CM - Regolith Breccia) : California USA
>>> (Hammer)
>>> May 04, 2012 - Ladkee (H6 chondrite) : Pakistan May 22, 2012 - Katol
>>> (L6 chondrite) : India (Hammer) Jun 03, 2012 - "Comayagua"
>>> (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) :
>>> Honduras (Hammer)
>>> Jul 08, 2012 - "Jalangi" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : India
>>> Aug 22, 2012 - Battle Mountain (L6 chondrite) : Nevada USA Oct 12,
>>> 2012 - "Beni Yacoub" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Morocco Oct
>>> 17, 2012 - Novato (L6 chondrite) : California USA (Hammer) Oct 30,
>>> 2012 - "Addison" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Alabama USA Dec
>>> 16, 2012 - Mreira (L6 chondrite) : Mauritania (fall classified as a
>>> find)
>>>
>>> All falls since 2000 : http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
>>>
>>> Best regards and Happy Huntings,
>>>
>>> MikeG
>>>
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>>>> On 6/3/14, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
>>>> Nothing new other than the stone has vanished. Supposedly sold for
>>>> $80,000
>>>> to the local university. Anyone who has been to Honduras would know
>>>> that could never happen.
>>>> Sad loss for a stone which penetrated a roof and bed while a man was
>>>> laying in it watching TV! He came a few mm from being one of the
>>>> most famous people in the world as a meteorite casualty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michael Farmer
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via
>>>>> Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Listees,
>>>>>
>>>>> Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Comayagua meteorite fall in
>>>>> Honduras - June 03, 2012.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any news about that fall or recoveries to mention?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> MikeG
>>>>>
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