Hi Mark – in 1933, people spent more time outdoors than they do today (and, probably less important, they enjoyed much darker night skies). I expect that the annual rate of meteorite-producing falls has remained about constant over the last century, with year-to-year variations consistent with Poisson statistics.
With improved technology (weather satellites, all-sky cameras, dashcams, ring cameras, Doppler radar, etc.), the odds of successful recovery of a given witnessed fall improves, but that factor may not be enough to counter the (likely) decrease in witnessed events (particularly daytime events). Remember that bolides with the greatest chance of producing rocks on the ground fall between local noon and midnight – from meteoroids that are “catching” up to the earth from behind and thus have slower average entry velocities than those occurring between midnight and noon. In the 1930s, a greater fraction of the population were outdoors from 8 am to 8 pm – a 12-hour time window when 64% of meteorite falls occur (based on Met. Bulletin data from 1860-2017). Of course, there are a lot more people in 2023 than in 1933, but most of those outdoors during the day are likely driving or staring at their phones (or both). 😉 --Rob From: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com> On Behalf Of Mark Lyon via Meteorite-list Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 7:29 AM To: Frank Cressy <fcre...@prodigy.net> Cc: Finbarr Connolly <finconnoll...@gmail.com>; Meteorite List <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [meteorite-list] Most confirmed falls in a year? 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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/galactic-stone.com/pages/falls__;!!Az_Xe1LHMyBq19w!dTT4OelRPcYYS6zpqvJhJveOx5EfhXnh4oaUVpxkM4l2c4s6dMGmvJgWL5PMtUS3_BRl$> Best regards and happy huntings, MikeG www.galactic-stone.com<https://urldefense.us/v3/__http:/www.galactic-stone.com__;!!Az_Xe1LHMyBq19w!dTT4OelRPcYYS6zpqvJhJveOx5EfhXnh4oaUVpxkM4l2c4s6dMGmvJgWL5PMtVOYazqp$> ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list__;!!Az_Xe1LHMyBq19w!dTT4OelRPcYYS6zpqvJhJveOx5EfhXnh4oaUVpxkM4l2c4s6dMGmvJgWL5PMtcLXX0sB$> ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list__;!!Az_Xe1LHMyBq19w!dTT4OelRPcYYS6zpqvJhJveOx5EfhXnh4oaUVpxkM4l2c4s6dMGmvJgWL5PMtcLXX0sB$> ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list__;!!Az_Xe1LHMyBq19w!dTT4OelRPcYYS6zpqvJhJveOx5EfhXnh4oaUVpxkM4l2c4s6dMGmvJgWL5PMtcLXX0sB$>
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