[meteorite-list] Africa - No. 1 producer of planetary finds!

[Adam Hupe]

Hi Frank and List,

You are absolutely correct.  My statistics only date back to 1977.  Thank
you for the clarification as I do not want to understate the importance of
all planetary finds.

Adam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fcressy" <fcressy at prodigy.net>
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Africa - No. 1 producer of planetary finds!


> Hi Adam and all,
>
> Very interesting, but only correct if you call Oman a part of Africa. Two
> world atlas' I picked up include Oman with Asia, not Africa. So that might
> change your figures a bit ;-)
> Also, don't short change North (and South) America on the Martian finds.
> North America has Los Angeles and Lafayette and South America has
Governador
> Valadares.
> Cheers,
> Frank
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 1:32 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Africa - No. 1 producer of planetary finds!
>
>
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I was provided with some statistics I thought were very interesting.
Here
> > is an updated planetary scorecard for finds.
> >
> > Lunar
> > Antarctica             14
> > Africa                   17
> > Australia               1
> >
> >
> > Martian
> > Antarctica             11
> > Africa                   13
> > North America      1
> >
> > It looks like the African continent has overtaken Antarctica in just a
few
> > short years.  I wonder what the future holds as far as new discoveries?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Adam Hupe
> > The Hupe Collection
> > Team LunarRock
> > IMCA 2185
> > raremeteorites at comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
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