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

[Frank Cressy]

 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