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 <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
