Fall notes
Longer pieces built from the same record: how often meteorites are seen to fall, what the class labels mean, the heaviest falls, and how falls differ from finds. Each one is written around tables and charts computed from the 1,063 observed falls.
- How often are meteorites seen to fall?
About 5.6 recorded falls a year since 1950, with the counts by decade and continent.
786 words - What labels like L6 and H5 mean
Group letters, type digits and suffixes, with the number of falls behind each label.
802 words - The heaviest meteorite falls on record
Sikhote-Alin and the top twenty by recovered mass, plus the record holder of every family.
744 words - Falls versus finds: what the difference means
Why witnessed falls are a small, special sample, and how finds differ in place, rock type and size.
738 words - Where meteorites are seen to fall
Counts and density by country, the most crowded and the loneliest falls.
749 words - Iron meteorites that were seen to fall
All 48 witnessed iron falls, their groups and the stony-irons beside them.
758 words - Carbonaceous chondrites that were seen to fall
All 44 carbonaceous falls, their groups, the giants and the crumbs.
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