[meteorite-list] Statistically Speaking

[Impactika at aol.com]

A few answers below.

Anne M. Black
http://www.impactika.com/
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
http://www.imca.cc/

In a message dated 11/19/2011 6:46:16 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
mrmeteorite at gmail.com writes:
Hi all,


I know there are a lot of people on this forum that know meteorite
statistics way better than I do. So I thought I'd ask for a little
help.
In a week or two I'll be doing an interview for a brand new TV Show
about stats - my episode will obviously be about meteorite statistics.
With any luck these questions will go to a scientist (and not me) and
I can just concentrate on the hunting aspect - which is why I'll
really be there.

Here are a few basic questions that I should probably know. But....
I'm not sure if I do. So, if you're feeling like helping - send me an
email with the correct answers.


1. Q. How many meteorites hit the ground per year?
A. On average about 1 per square mile per thousand years. About
20,000 to 40,000 per year.

>>>>  Are you looking at the planet or ground only? 2/3 of the planet is 
water.
I think I'll let rob Matson or Sterling answer that one.

2. Q. Has anyone ever been hit by a meteorite?
A. I only know of Ann Hodges - Sylacauga, Alabama, USA

>>>>  A young boy was hit lightly by a Mbale fragment ricochet off a tree.
There were others but mostly fiction.

3. Q. Has any animal ever been hit by a meteorite?
A. I'm not sure... there are stories of a dog and a cow being hit...but?

>>>>  Valera did kill a cow. New Concord might have kill a young horse, but 
not verifiable, and the Nakhla dog is most likely fiction.

4. Q. How often does a city ending meteorite (think Canyon Diablo)
strike the earth?
A. ?
>>>>   How often? I don't know (Sterling????) but Sikhote-Alin could have 
done a lot of damage if it had impacted a city. And how big does it have to 
be to be a city?

5. Q. Has any animal ever found a meteorite?
A. Sorry,  I just threw that one in to see if you were paying
attention....lol

>>>>   You are on your own on that one.

6. Q. How much in weight does the earth gain per year by all the
meteorites that enter our atmosphere? Including all, from tiny grain
of sand meteorites to large bunker-busters.
A. No clue..........

>>>>   (Sterling????  Rob Matson?????)

-- 
Rock On!

Ruben Garcia