Interesting topic. One of my favorite meteorites in my collection is Isla del Espititu Santo. This is a small TKW 869g L6 meteorite from a small island in the Sea of Cortez off the coast from La Paz, Mexico. Regards, Fred Olsen -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Zelimir Gabelica <[email protected]> > > Frank is perfectly right. > > Now, if you take into account the ratio between the weight (kg) and the > island surface area, you can calculate the average number of meteorite kg > thet fell per square km for 3 small islands (there could be more) > > Island surface > (km2) Meteorite tkw kg/km2 (x 10-3) > > Oahu 1545 Honolulu + P. > Valley 3.682 2.38 > Mauritius 1866 Mauritius 0.222 > 0.189 > Jamaica 11425 Lucky > Hill 20.4+ 1.79+ > > Now taking 2 small countries (I did not go through all): > > Lesotho 30355 Thuathe 30+ > 0.99 > Swaziland 17363 Dwaleni 3.230 > 0.186 > > In all cases Oahu wins... > > Good going for other weird evaluations! > > Cheers > > Zelimir > > > A 08:45 13/12/2008 -0800, Frank Cressy a écrit : > > > > > > 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 > >______________________________________________ > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Prof. Zelimir Gabelica > Université de Haute Alsace > ENSCMu, Lab. GSEC, > 3, Rue A. Werner, > F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France > Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94 > Fax: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 15 > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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