[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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