Terry, As James says there are many places documented where falls have occurred and meteorites can still be found.
They are not necessarily found near the large documented craters due to ages of the craters or the fact that the impactors were mostly completely vapourized....more likely to be found in historical strewnfields that fell to earth much more gently and survived. Coordinates are usually given to falls here... http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Graham ---- James Balister <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry, I think you have got a lot of reading ahead of you. This site /list > is a good place to learn about meteorites. The map you saw that had so many > marks on it were points where meteorites have been found. When a meteor > explodes in the air and the pieces fall to the ground is called a strewn > field. There are many all over the world. What part of the world do you > live in? There is a catalog that lists where meteorites have been found, but > it is very expensive. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: E.P. Grondine <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 10:42:26 AM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Impact catalogues, anyone? > > > > Hi all - > > >From the MPML mailing list. > > "Good morning > > all. > > I am interested in the latest research on how many known impact > > sites there are on earth. I thought the number was under a hundred - but my > > information may be several decades old. > > I just started watching a program > > on the science channel, Meteorite Men. I know, sounds a bit hoaky. But it > > is > > interesting to see them find meteorites from a few ounces to several > > hundred > > pounds on a regular bases. During a recent episode they showed a map of > > Kansas > > with known meteor strikes/fields - apparently associated with past > > meteorite > > finds. There appeared to be more then a hundreds sites depicted in the map. > > So > > now I am wondering just how many known sites there are and also the number > > of > > known impact craters. > > Where would one go to find authoritative > > information on the subject? > > If I should be asking the question on a > > different list, just point me in the right direction. > > Terry - > > W6LMJ" > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list > > mailing list > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
