This scientific paper aims to systematize knowledge about the circumstances of meteorite falls in 2018. Eight of them were officially confirmed by The Meteoritical Society: Hamburg (USA), Ablaketka (Kazakhstan), Aba Pan (Nigeria), Mangui (China), Ozerki (Russia), Renchen (Germany), Gueltat Zemmour (Morocco), Komaki (Japan). Seven more have not yet been classified: Central Kalahari (Botswana), Glendale (USA), Benenitra (Madagascar), Bhakkar (Pakistan), Ghadamis (Libya), Elkouran (Morocco) and meteorite fall from the Sahara Desert. It turns out that the most numerous group of meteorite falls in 2018 were L6 chondrites. There were no iron or stony-iron falls. The author collected information from many different sources. He analyzed entries in the MetBull catalog, publications in social media and press reports in order to compare them with official data from previous years. In this way, he tries to prove that although the circumstances of each meteorite fall are different, coherent conclusions can be drawn from them, and these can help meteorite researchers, for example, in verifying eyewitness accounts.
This scientific paper is a summary of the meteorite falls in 2017: Broek in Waterland (Holland), Tres Irmaos (Brazil), Serra Pelada (Brazil) and Kheneg Ljouâd (Morocco). The study also includes a section about unconfirmed falls, such as Puya Medio (Colombia), Mukundpura (India), Crawford Bay (Canada) and Sadiya (India). The vast majority of these specimens is ordinary chondrites of the L and LL groups. Only Serra Pelada meteorite turned out to be eucrite and Mukundpura is suspected to be carbonaceous chondrite. The author collects and organizes basic information about these findings and compares the latest data with statistics from previous years. The description of the circumstances of finding meteorites are brief and maintained in the popular-scientific tone. The text also includes a set of fireballs and bolides that could end with a meteorite fall. Among them is also a bolide that was visible from Poland. The thesis resembles the criteria for dividing meteors and notes the differences in their naming. It is extended by analogies and comparisons that make possible to look at the issues from different perspectives: from the statistical, through the media, to the historical one.
The paper describes the successes of Polish meteorite searchers following the fall of asteroid 2024 BX1 near Ribbeck, Germany. They found a first specimen weighing 171 grams, a main mass of 225 grams and more than 30 smaller fragments with masses in the range of 1–60 grams. The summary is supplemented by personal observations and reports of finders.
The article describes the finding of the first meteorites after a fall that occurred on June 25, 2022 in the area of the village of Pusté Úľany in southwestern Slovakia. The discovery was made by two meteorite hunters from Poland – Mateusz Żmija and Jarosław Morys, who found specimens weighing 8.55 grams and 10.73 grams.
In 2022, there were ten meteorites found worldwide after fresh falls. These are primarily ordinary chondrites, but one achondrite fall was also recorded. Meteorite falls occurred in the United States (3) and China (2) but also in Algeria, Brazil, Slovakia, India, and the Philippines. This paper shows how these meteorites were found and provides conclusions before future searches.
The paper presents the circumstances and data accompanying meteorite falls in recent years. The study contains descriptions of 21 falls observed in 2020 and 15 falls in 2021. These phenomena took place on all continents, except the polar regions. In conclusion, this work is a collection of several dozen stories about freshly fallen meteorites. They show many aspects connected with the observations and the hunting for new specimens.
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