I count 225 New Mexico meteorites in the MetBull. That is 0.00185 meteorites per square mile.
If Kansas has 143 meteorites, then that is 0.00174 meteorites per square mile. I think that puts the Land of Enchantment as the #1 meteorite state :) :) ************************************* Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: [email protected] http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Listers > > I agree Brenham is be the best suited state meteorite Michael. > If NY was doing this, it would have to be Peekskill to be the state > rock. > > Mendy I think the teacher was going off the info from Meteoritical > Bulletin Database > > Here are the results I gathered from there. > > 116 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places > that are exactly "Nevada" > > 130 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places > that are exactly "Arizona" > > 143 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places > that are exactly "Kansas" > > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html > Website http://meteoritefalls.com > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas >> lawmakers to declare official state rock >> From: Michael Farmer <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, January 28, 2015 11:37 am >> To: Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> >> Cc: Shawn Alan <[email protected]>, Meteorite Central >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> Why would Cabin Creek be a better choice? It is from Arkansas. >> Brenham, definitely >> >> Michael Farmer >> >> > On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm just probably a "meanie", but I think this effort is misguided >> > though certainly better than making the state rock "limestone". The >> > children calculated that somehow, Kansas has more meteorites per >> > square mile (not sure if finds, falls, or hits) than anywhere else in >> > the US (if finds then sorry Arizona and Nevada). I am happy to see >> > that calculations were done though disappointed that their teacher did >> > not better guide their efforts. Finally, the picture in the article is >> > clearly of a beautiful Sikhote Alin. I wonder how well that will go >> > over with the state legislators. Maybe Cabin Creek would have been a >> > better choice. :-) >> > >> > Mendy >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Listers >> >> >> >> I hope it passes be cool for Kansas have a meteorite for a state rock :) >> >> >> >> Shawn Alan >> >> IMCA 1633 >> >> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html >> >> Website http://meteoritefalls.com >> >> >> >> >> >> SHAWNEE, Kan. – A group of local middle school students are lobbying >> >> to change state history. The students with Monticello Trails Middle >> >> School, which is part of the De Soto School District, are headed to >> >> Topeka to argue for an official state rock. >> >> >> >> Chris Sprenger, an 8th grade student at the school, is determined to >> >> make the meteorite the official Kansas state rock. >> >> >> >> “The meteorite really has a connection with Kansas that it really >> >> doesn’t have with any of the other states in the U.S.,” Sprenger >> >> said. >> >> >> >> Sprenger and more than 100 other students in the district pitched the >> >> bill to Representative Brett Hildabrand. >> >> >> >> Lobbying for a state rock has challenged the students across the board. >> >> In social studies they’ve learned how bills are passed, in science >> >> they’ve learned about geology and rocks and in communication arts >> >> they’ve spent hours working on their proposal essays. >> >> >> >> source:http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/27/middle-school-students-lobbying-kansas-lawmakers-to-declare-official-state-rock/ >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mendy Ouzillou >> > ______________________________________________ >> > >> > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> > Meteorite-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
