Re-2: [meteorite-list] Total Number of Meteorites?

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Jeff kindly wrote:

"If you take the info in the MetBull database on face value,
you find that there are ... Irons + stony irons: 521 tons"

Hi All,

Now, even *if* you take these 521 tons at face value, one must be careful.
Most of these 500+ tons come from a maximum value for the estimated total
mass of the Canyon Diablo meteoroid. These 521 tons are based on a total
mass of 300,000-400,000 tons as estimated by Shoemaker and Roddy in 1995.
30 years before, in 1963, Gene had assumed a mass of "only" 63,000 tons.

Bernd