An "unobserved fall" is, well, a fall that was not observed, in contradistinction to a fall that was observed. The terminology of the Meteoritical Bulletin Database is "Observed fall: no".
The information being conveyed is NOT that the meteorite fell but that the fall was not observed. In general, the questions about falling and finding are: 1) was the fall observed? 2) if so, when was it observed? 3) if not, is there any guesstimate of when it fell? 4) regardless of weather it was observed or not, when was it actually found? Paul Swartz MPOD webmaster > What is an "unobserved fall"? Every meteorite fell at some point. I have > thousands of unobserved falls in my collection. > Michael Farmer > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
