Hi Mark – in 1933, people spent more time outdoors than they do today (and,
probably less important, they enjoyed much darker night skies). I expect that
the annual rate of meteorite-producing falls has remained about constant over
the last century, with year-to-year variations consistent with
That's surprising that there would be a record in 1933. I figured new
technology, rising populations, and an increase in meteorite hunters would
mean that there were more witnessed falls more recently than 90 years ago.
Have the number of witnessed falls per year tended to be significantly
higher
In addition to the 17 witnessed falls worldwide for 1933, that year also had
two others that are possible falls, Elton, Texas and Willard (b) New Mexico.
Cheers,
Frank
On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 03:45:48 PM PDT, Finbarr Connolly via
Meteorite-list wrote:
1933 has the record with
Monday, Mar 20 2023 Meteorite Picture of the Day: Moldavite
Contributed by: Matthias Baermann
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=03/20/2023
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