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There have been many attempts to correct statistical analyses of meteorite finds for some of these effects, especially to estimate the frequency with which rare meteorite types fall. For example, there are over 100 known lunar meteorite finds, but none has ever been observed to fall. However, for abundant types, meteorite fall statistics are ...
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are more than 1,300 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] most of which have specimens in modern collections.
A "meteorite fall", also called an "observed fall", is a meteorite collected after its arrival was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "meteorite find". [43] [44] There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [45] [46] [47] most of which have specimens in modern collections.
"Rates were as high as thousands of meteors per minute during a 15-minute span on the morning of November 17, 1966. That night, Leonid meteors did, briefly, fall like rain," EarthSky explained on ...
Jordanians look at the desert sky during the Leonid meteor shower, near Amman, in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2004. Meteors are the debris left in the wake of a passing comet infiltrating the ...
Over 50 meteors per hour may be visible during the Perseids’ peak August 12 and 13. The annual meteor shower is one of the biggest and brightest of the year. ... Meteorological fall begins on ...
Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
More recently, "rates were as high as thousands of meteors per minute during a 15-minute span on the morning of November 17, 1966," Byrd said. "That night, Leonid meteors did, briefly, fall like ...