[meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:35 2004
Message-ID: <B785DB23.1AFE%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Excellent Job Jeff. I knew someone could do it, and I guess you're the MAN!

Monica G...sorry about the "hack" comment. I meant, umm...borrow the data
though extensive retyping, yea, that's it.

Cheers,

Martin



on 7/26/01 2:18 PM, Jeff Grossman at jgrossman_at_usgs.gov wrote:

> I just got to this question, which I knew I could answer...
>
> I have the MetBase data for meteorite locations, and I intersected these
> with the GTOPO30 world elevation database using ArcInfo (it was fairly
> easy). The result, at the resolution of these two files (which may be a
> factor for steep, mountainous regions)...
>
> The highest finds,
> Aguas Caliente, Argentina, 4643 m
> Ngiangri, Tibet, China, 4630 m
> Barranca Blanca, Chile, 4543 m
>
> The highest recovered fall, and number 4 overall,
> Tulung Dzong, Tibet, China, 4249 m
>
> The lowest finds on land,
> Imperial, California, USA, -20 m
> Sarepta, Russia, -19 m
> (none others below sea level)
>
> Others were recovered underwater (somebody else can determine this).
>
> What a fun question!
>
> jeff
>
>
> At 08:53 PM 7/20/2001, Martin Horejsi wrote:
>> Hi Randy, Kevin and all,
>>
>> I worked on this problem a while, as possibly one of the usually infallible
>> sources. I think it would be nice if someone could hack the British
>> Catalogue's software to allow a mass dump of meteorite names and lat/long
>> coordinates. This information could then be crossed with a GIS information
>> database of elevations. It might yield more information answering questions
>> we have not yet asked.
>>
>> Good luck with your find Kevin. May you get an "est".
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> on 7/20/01 2:34 PM, Randy Mils at acculabs_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> The real question is............
>>>
>>> Does anyone really care?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: MARSROX_at_aol.com
>>>> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] What's the highest meteorite ever found?
>>>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:10:09 EDT
>>>>
>>>> Here's a question that the usually infallable sources have not been
>> able to
>>>> pull out of their databases.
>>>>
>>>> What's the highest altitude a meteorite has ever been found at? I am not
>>>> asking about peripheral subjects like micrometeorites caught in gel from
>>>> high-altitude balloons. I'm only concerned with meteorites, falls or
>> finds,
>>>> picked up from the ground.
>>>>
>>>> Could it be Tulung Dzong "said to have made a crater 10 feet in diameter;
>>>> two
>>>> days march NNW of Lhasa"?
>>>>
>>>> Could it be Tambo Quemado from Leoncio Prado, Ayacucho, Peru?
>>>>
>>>> Something from the Atacama? Antarctica? Alabama Heights?
>>>>
>>>> Do we not know?????????
>>>>
>>>> Kevin Kichinka
>>>>
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