That's surprising that there would be a record in 1933. I figured new technology, rising populations, and an increase in meteorite hunters would mean that there were more witnessed falls more recently than 90 years ago. Have the number of witnessed falls per year tended to be significantly higher more recently or has it stayed about the same?
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 6:52 AM Frank Cressy via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > In addition to the 17 witnessed falls worldwide for 1933, that year also > had two others that are possible falls, Elton, Texas and Willard (b) New > Mexico. > > Cheers, > > Frank > > On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 03:45:48 PM PDT, Finbarr Connolly via > Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > > 1933 has the record with 17. 1949 had 13 and 1950, 76 and 98 all with 12. > > Finbarr. > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:20 PM Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list < > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > Hi Listees, > > I was recently wondering, what year has the most confirmed witnessed falls? > > I have been closely following falls since the year 2000, and according > to my records we have a few contenders in recent years. I am thinking > one of these must be the most. > > 2018 has 15 falls, but two of them are not official (HaH 346, aka > Ghadamis, was classified as a find) and a fall over Pakistan was not > recovered or recorded. This leaves 14 classified falls in a 12 month > period : > > Jan 05, 2018 - Matarka (L6 chondrite) : Morocco > Jan 16, 2018 - Hamburg (H4 chondrite) : Michigan USA > Feb 16, 2018 - Ablaketka (H5 chondrite) : Kazakhstan > Apr 19, 2018 - Aba Panu (L3.6 chondrite) : Nigeria > Jun 01, 2018 - Mangui (L6 chondrite) : China (Hammer) > Jun 02, 2018 - Motopi Pan (Howardite) : Botswana > Jun 21, 2018 - Ozerki (L6 chondrite) : Russia > Jul 10, 2018 - Renchen (L5-6 chondrite) : Germany > Jul 26, 2018 - Glendale (L6 chondrite) : Arizona USA > July 27, 2018 - Benenitra (L6 chondrite) : Madagascar > Aug 12-17?, 2018 - "Bhakkar" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Pakistan > Aug 21, 2018 - Gueltat Zemmour (L4 chondrite) : Morocco > Aug 26, 2018 - Hammadah al Hamra 346 (L6 chondrite) : Libya (aka > "Ghadamis") > Sep 26, 2018 - Komaki (L6 chondrite) : Japan (Hammer) > Oct 28, 2018 - Ksar El Goraane (H5 chondrite) : Morocco > Dec 23, 2018 - Mhabes el Hamra (H4/5 chondrite) : Mauritania > > 2020 gave us Covid-19 and 13 classified falls : > > Jan 01, 2020 - Cavezzo (L5-an chondrite) : Italy > Jan 09, 2020 - Zhob (H3-4 chondrite) : Pakistan (Hammer) > Feb 28, 2020 - Novo Mesto (L5 chondrite) : Slovenia > Apr 1-7, 2020 - Tihigrin (L4 chondrite) : Mali > Apr 24, 2020 - Gatuto (L6 chondrite) : Kenya (Hammer) > May 08, 2020 - Tiros (eucrite-cm) : Brazil > Jun 19, 2020 - Madura Cave (L5 chondrite) : Australia > July 02, 2020 - Narashino (H5 chondrite) : Japan (Hammer) > Aug 01, 2020 - Kolang (CM1/2 chondrite) : Indonesia (Hammer) > Aug 19, 2020 - Santa Filomena (H5-6 chondrite) : Brazil (Hammer) > Aug 25, 2020 - Tarda (C2-ung) : Morocco > Nov 04, 2020 - Djadjarm (L6 chondrite) : Iran > Nov 19, 2020 - Kindberg (L6 chondrite) : Austria > > 2016 gave us 12 classified falls : > > Jan 24, 2016 - Osceola (L6 chondrite) : Florida USA > Feb 06, 2016 - Ejby (H5/6 chondrite) : Denmark (Hammer) > Feb 18, 2016 - Mount Blanco (L5 chondrite) : Texas USA > Mar 06, 2016 - Stubenberg (LL6 chondrite) : Germany/Austria > Mar 20, 2016 - Degtevo (H5 chondrite) : Russia > May 17, 2016 - Hradec Kralove (LL5 chondrite) : Czech Republic > Jun 02, 2016 - Dishchii'bikoh (LL7 chondrite) : Arizona > Aug 24, 2016 - Banma (L5 chondrite) : China > Sep 16, 2016 - Mazichuan (Diogenite) : China > Oct 31, 2016 - Dingle Dell (LL6 chondrite) : Australia > Nov 18, 2016 - Oudiyat Sbaa (EH5 chondrite) : Morocco/Sahara > Nov 20, 2016 - Aiquile (H5 chondrite) : Bolivia > > Source : https://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls > > Best regards and happy huntings, > > MikeG > www.galactic-stone.com > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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