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
