[meteorite-list] Statistics for falls per year - Part 1 of 4

[Mark Abbott]

I recall reading somewhere ("Astrophysical Quantities" maybe) that there 
are on average 2 "recoverable" meteorites falling to Earth every day. I 
believe that "recoverable" was defined as being 10 grams or larger. Of 
course three quarters of those fall in the oceans, leaving approximately 
180 per year. So it looks like we are recovering about 3 to 4 percent.

Mark Abbott

bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:

>Tracy wrote:
>
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>>My husband is in the middle of what amounts to a 'bar bet'. He is
>>trying to find out annual meteorite fall rates, and whether, in recent
>>years, there has been an increase. I have been searching for fall
>>rates online without much success. I even attempted to contact the
>>meteorobs newsgroup, but my mail to them was bounced back.
>> Does anyone have a link to a resource that might have this information?
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>Hello Tracy and List,
>
>Here is an overview of the last 103 years. I hope it is good
>enough for your husband to emerge as  a "bar bet winner" :-)
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Bernd
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>Year	# of falls
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>2003   02
>2002	04
>2001   03
>2000   05
>1999   07
>1998	10
>1997	10
>1996	05
>1995   07
>1994	06
>1993	04
>1992	03
>1991	06
>1990	09
>1989	06
>1988	06
>1987	01
>1986	09
>1985	02
>1984	09
>1983	04
>1982	03
>1981	07
>1980   06
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