[meteorite-list] Smallest Meteorite

Mike Tettenborn tett at rogers.com
Wed Dec 5 19:21:32 EST 2012


Canada shares the record for smallest fall with Japan.  Vilna fell in 1967 in Alberta and has a classified weight of 0.1 gram.  Yoshinko Japan fell 1928 and also classified at 0.1 grams.

Cheers!

Mike Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
tett at rogers.com



On 2012-12-05, at 7:10 PM, Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Should have mentioned these are non-Antarctic.
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>> From: Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou at yahoo.com>
>> To: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>; "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 4:09 PM
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>> Adalia 1g
>> DAG 1048 0.8g
>> Cuddeback Dry Lake 030 (provisional) 0.23g
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 3:49 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Smallest Meteorite
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>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> This question came up on another forum.
>>> What is the smallest meteorite known?  And I mean: still recognizable 
>>> (classifiable) as a meteorite.
>>> And no, I am not talking about the highly questionable micrometeorites 
>>> supposedly found in gutters.
>>> 
>>> I am sure one of you will know the answer!!
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anne M. Black
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