Sorry, I meant to change the subject line for that last post. On 11/30/10, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > With Lorton now being official (thanks to Greg S. for pointing this > out), here is a break down of types for all official meteorite falls > in the 21st century. Only falls that are officially-approved and > appear in the Met Bulletin are counted. > > Type : Total falls since 2000AD (56 total falls) > > CM2 > CO3.6 > CV3 > C2-ung > EL6 > L5 : four > L5/6 > L5-6 > L6 : nine > LL5 > LL6 : five > H/L4 > H3.8 > H3-5 : two > H4 : two > H4-5 : two > H4/5 : two > H5 : twelve > H5/6 > H6 > Ureilite > Eucrite : five > Iron IIE-an > > Some observations about this tally : > > H5 is the most common with 12 total falls in the last 10 years. > L6 is the second-most common with 9 total falls in the same period. > LL6 and Eucrite tied for third-most common with 5 each. > There are a total of 24 H-chondrites. > There are a total of 21 L-chondrites. > There are a total of 4 carbonaceous chondrites. Each is different type. > Of the 6 achondrites to fall, 5 of them were eucrites. (the other was > a ureilite) > Only one iron has fallen in the last 10 years. (IIE-anomalous) > > Best regards, > > MikeG > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites > > Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Meteorite Top List - http://meteorite.gotop100.com > EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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