[meteorite-list] Happy B-day to San Juan Capistrano

Robert Verish bolidechaser at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 15 21:21:19 EDT 2009


On this date in 1973 the San Juan Capistrano meteorite (a 56 gram H6-chondrite) punched a hole through the roof of a carport in a trailer park, becoming California's first AND ONLY recognized fall.

How is it that a state of this size and population has only one fall?

Curious in California



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