[meteorite-list] Fw: Re: More Meteorite Geography Trivia

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  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
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From: Zelimir Gabelica <Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr>

>

> 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

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