Howdy list That brings up a good point - meteorites fall unnoticed all the time, and perhaps the global "map" of meteorite finds and falls isn't so much a map of meteorites but rather a map of meteorite hunters/researchers! Everyone here seems to have a dot on that map fairly close to their front porch.
Cheers, MDF > Greetings everyone, > > Great topic and fun to read the responses. I'm going to rain on the parade > and > say it should be which 'known" one came closest. Which one came closest is > sort > of a moot point as only 1% of specimens are ever found, so you know there > has to > be a significant meteorite within a mile or two (probably closer) of just > about > everyone that has yet to be recovered! No doubt many fell quietly > un-noticed. > > Which known one came closest for me is Plymouth, Indiana. All my best! > Don't > throw rocks or meteorites (unless they're ultra rare :-) (lunar and > martian > preferred) > > --AL Mitterling > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- Marc Fries Postdoctoral Research Associate Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015 PH: 202 478 7970 FAX: 202 478 8901 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list