Hello All,
Michael wrote:
> 1) Jamaica has one known meteorite, Lucky Hill, an
> iron IIIAB. What are the chances of a meteorite landing on
> a relatively small island in the middle of a sea? This
> meteorite could have easily ended up on the bottom of
> the Caribbean, but instead it gets to spend it's days
> in a tropical beach paradise.
I think Hawaii goes one better. Two meteorite falls,
Honolulu (1825) and Palolo Valley (1949) both fell on Oahu,
a small island in the much larger Pacific Ocean. Incidently
both meteorites fell in the capitol of Honolulu only about five miles from one
another.
Cheers,
Frank
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