02 December 2009

Meteorite Falls of December- 1DEC09

December Meteorite Falls:
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date, year, meteorite name, location, country, classification
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Dec 1:
1889
Jelica, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro- LL6
1932 Witsand Farm, Karasburg, Namibia- LL4
1977 Xingyang, Henan, China- H6

Dec 2:
1852
Bustee, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India- Aubrite
1880 Andhara, Bihar, India- Stone-uncl

Dec 3:
1917 Strathmore, Scotland, UK- L6
1980 Kaidun, Hadhramaut, Yemen- CR2

Dec 4:
1934
Farmville, Pike County, North Carolina- H4
1952 Zavetnoe, Rostovskaya oblast', Russia- L6

Dec 5:
1868 Frankfort, Franklin Co., Alabama, USA- Howardite

Dec 6:
1866 Cangas de Onis, Asturias, Spain- H5

Dec 7:
1863 Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Nivelles, Belgium- L6

Dec 9:
1858 Ausson, Midi-Pyrenees, France- L5
1880 Wittekrantz, Western Cape, South Africa- L5

Dec 10:
1662 Novy-Ergi, Novgorodskaya oblast', Russia- Stone-uncl
1871 Bandong, Jawa Barat, Indonesia- LL6
1926 Ojuelos Altos, Andalucia, Spain- L6
1950 St. Louis, Missouri, USA- H4
1957 Al Rais, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia- CR2
1984 Claxton, Georgia, United States- L6
1992 Mihonoseki, Chugoku, Japan- L6

Dec 13:
1795 Wold Cottage, England, UK- L6
1803 Mässing, Bayern, Germany- Howardite
1813 Luotolax, Kymi, Finland- Howardite
1997 Vissannapeta, Andhra Pradesh, India- Eucrite-cm

Dec 14:
1807 Weston, Connecticut, USA- H4
1999 Dunbogan, New South Wales, Australia- L6

Dec 15:
1906 Vishnupur, West Bengal, India- LL4-6
1908 Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil- H4
1940 Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India- L6
1978 Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico- H5

Dec 16:
1938 Ivuna, Mbeya, Tanzania- CI1

Dec 18:
1963 Zaisan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan- H5

Dec 19:
1798 Benares (a), Uttar Pradesh, India- LL4

Dec 20:
1960 Woolgorong, Western Australia, Australia- L6

Dec 21:
1876 Rochester, Indiana, USA- H6
1923 Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand- L6

Dec 22:
1863 Manbhoom, West Bengal, India- LL6
1868 Moti-ka-nagla, Rajasthan, India- H6

Dec 23:
1920 Atarra, Uttar Pradesh, India-L4

Dec 24:
1858 Molina, Murcia, Spain- H5
1939 Nyaung, Magwe, Burma- IIIAB iron
1965 Barwell, England, UK- L5

Dec 25:
1704 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain- OC
1846 Schönenberg, Germany- L6
1926 Ulmiz, Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland- L
1959 St.-Chinian, Languedoc-Roussillon, France- L6

Dec 26:
1933 Pervomaisky, Vladimirskaya oblast', Russia- L6
1934 Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA- H4
1974 Enshi, Bajiao, Hubei, China- H5

Dec 27:
1848 Ski, Akershus, Norway- L6
1857 Quenggouk, Bassein, Irrawaddy, Burma- H4
1966 Umm Ruaba, Kurdufan, Sudan- L5
1972 Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil- H6

Dec 28:
1947 Reliegos, Castilla y Leon, Spain- L5
1998 Ourique, Beja District, Portugal- H4

Dec 29:
1817 Hachi-oji, Kanto, Japan- H?
1937 Rangala, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India- L6
1989 Bawku, Upper East, Ghana- LL4

Dec 30:
1927 Oesede, Niedersachsen, Germany- H5
1996 Guangmingshan, Liaoning Province, China- H5

Dec 31:
1921 Beyrout, Beirut, Lebanon- LL3

*List may be incomplete- compiled 1DEC09

Reference:
Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 29 Nov 2009
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php

Catalogue of Meteorites
edited by Monica Grady, 5th Edition, 2000

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