[meteorite-list] Most confirmed falls in a year?

[Finbarr Connolly]

1933 has the record with 17. 1949 had 13 and 1950, 76 and 98 all with 12.

Finbarr.

On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:20 PM Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Hi Listees,
>
> I was recently wondering, what year has the most confirmed witnessed falls?
>
> I have been closely following falls since the year 2000, and according
> to my records we have a few contenders in recent years. I am thinking
> one of these must be the most.
>
> 2018 has 15 falls, but two of them are not official (HaH 346, aka
> Ghadamis, was classified as a find) and a fall over Pakistan was not
> recovered or recorded. This leaves 14 classified falls in a 12 month
> period :
>
> Jan 05, 2018 - Matarka (L6 chondrite) : Morocco
> Jan 16, 2018 - Hamburg (H4 chondrite) : Michigan USA
> Feb 16, 2018 - Ablaketka (H5 chondrite) : Kazakhstan
> Apr 19, 2018 - Aba Panu (L3.6 chondrite) : Nigeria
> Jun 01, 2018 - Mangui (L6 chondrite) : China (Hammer)
> Jun 02, 2018 - Motopi Pan (Howardite) : Botswana
> Jun 21, 2018 - Ozerki (L6 chondrite) : Russia
> Jul 10, 2018 - Renchen (L5-6 chondrite) : Germany
> Jul 26, 2018 - Glendale (L6 chondrite) : Arizona USA
> July 27, 2018 - Benenitra (L6 chondrite) : Madagascar
> Aug 12-17?, 2018 - "Bhakkar" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Pakistan
> Aug 21, 2018 - Gueltat Zemmour (L4 chondrite) : Morocco
> Aug 26, 2018 - Hammadah al Hamra 346 (L6 chondrite) : Libya (aka
> "Ghadamis")
> Sep 26, 2018 - Komaki (L6 chondrite) : Japan (Hammer)
> Oct 28, 2018 - Ksar El Goraane (H5 chondrite) : Morocco
> Dec 23, 2018 - Mhabes el Hamra (H4/5 chondrite) : Mauritania
>
> 2020 gave us Covid-19 and 13 classified falls :
>
> Jan 01, 2020 - Cavezzo (L5-an chondrite) : Italy
> Jan 09, 2020 - Zhob (H3-4 chondrite) : Pakistan (Hammer)
> Feb 28, 2020 - Novo Mesto (L5 chondrite) : Slovenia
> Apr 1-7, 2020 - Tihigrin (L4 chondrite) : Mali
> Apr 24, 2020 - Gatuto (L6 chondrite) : Kenya (Hammer)
> May 08, 2020 - Tiros (eucrite-cm) : Brazil
> Jun 19, 2020 - Madura Cave (L5 chondrite) : Australia
> July 02, 2020 - Narashino (H5 chondrite) : Japan (Hammer)
> Aug 01, 2020 - Kolang (CM1/2 chondrite) : Indonesia (Hammer)
> Aug 19, 2020 - Santa Filomena (H5-6 chondrite) : Brazil (Hammer)
> Aug 25, 2020 - Tarda (C2-ung) : Morocco
> Nov 04, 2020 - Djadjarm (L6 chondrite) : Iran
> Nov 19, 2020 - Kindberg (L6 chondrite) : Austria
>
> 2016 gave us 12 classified falls :
>
> Jan 24, 2016 - Osceola (L6 chondrite) : Florida USA
> Feb 06, 2016 - Ejby (H5/6 chondrite) : Denmark (Hammer)
> Feb 18, 2016 - Mount Blanco (L5 chondrite) : Texas USA
> Mar 06, 2016 - Stubenberg (LL6 chondrite) : Germany/Austria
> Mar 20, 2016 - Degtevo (H5 chondrite) : Russia
> May 17, 2016 - Hradec Kralove (LL5 chondrite) : Czech Republic
> Jun 02, 2016 - Dishchii'bikoh (LL7 chondrite) : Arizona
> Aug 24, 2016 - Banma (L5 chondrite) : China
> Sep 16, 2016 - Mazichuan (Diogenite) : China
> Oct 31, 2016 - Dingle Dell (LL6 chondrite) : Australia
> Nov 18, 2016 - Oudiyat Sbaa (EH5 chondrite) : Morocco/Sahara
> Nov 20, 2016 - Aiquile (H5 chondrite) : Bolivia
>
> Source : https://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
>
> Best regards and happy huntings,
>
> MikeG
> www.galactic-stone.com
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist2.pair.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/attachments/20230318/f0b2d26f/attachment.htm>