Lev A. Muravyev , Viktor I. Grokhovsky
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The Chrono List of Bad Meteorites Harmful № Date Name Place Type Fall Description Source 1Ural Federal University, specimen 1,2 Lombardia, Doubtful 2 1 04.09.1511 Crema shwr several killed birds, sheep, and a man (dbt) [3, 7] Lev A. Muravyev , Institute of Geophysics Ural Branch of RAS, Italy meteorite Doubtful 2 04.09.1654 Milan Italy {?} - killed a monk (dbt) [3, 7] 1 Ekaterinburg, Russia; meteorite Aquitaine, crushed cottage, killed farmer and Viktor I. Grokhovsky 3 24.07.1790 Barbotan H5 shwr - [1, 10] [email protected], [email protected] France some cattle (dbt) Uttar Pradesh, [7, 9, Abstract. The problem of the asteroid-comet hazard is now being 4 19.12.1798 Benares (a) LL4 shwr 0,9 kg building India 10] actively discussed, because the consequences of the fall of large cosmic Bayern, 5 13.12.1803 Mässing Howardite U - building struck [1, 10] bodies on the earth can be catastrophic and affect the survival of Germany humanity and all living things. Fragments of smaller celestial bodies - Moscow, 6 05.09.1812 Borodino H5 U 0,5 kg observed by a soldier on guard [7] meteorites, fall to the earth much more often, and they can also emanate Russia a certain danger. In several papers that were published about 20 years Rajasthan, Doubtful killed a men and injured a women 7 16.01.1825 Oriang {?} - [3, 7] ago, attempts were made to compile a list of events related to the India meteorite (dbt) Uttar Pradesh, [3, 7, 9, damage caused by meteorites falling from the sky. In this paper, we have 8 16.02.1827 Mhow L6 4-5 pcs? 2 psc wounded a man (dbt) systematized official information on damage caused to property or human India 10] Rio Grande do Norte, [7, 9, health by meteorites, as of mid-2019. Previously published information 9 11.11.1836 Macau H5 shwr several killing several cattle (dbt) was critically revised. The key criterion was the data of meteoritic Brazil 10] Královéhradecký, bulletins and catalogs of extraterrestrial material collected at the crash 10 14.07.1847 Braunau IIAB 2 pcs - roof of a house [1, 10] Czech Republic site and studied. The work carried out will allow to assess how this threat Midi-Pyrenees, 11 09.12.1858 Ausson L5 2 pcs - building hit [1, 10] is significant for humanity. France Chevrolet Malibu, 1980, damaged in 1992 by the Peekskill meteorite. The Peekskill meteorite is also interesting Materials and methods. We have systematized the available official Ohio, [7, 9, in that it was one of the first meteorites, whose fall was recorded by many (16) different video cameras. 12 01.05.1860 New Concord L6 shwr - killed a colt information on cases of damage to property or human health by an United States 10] extraterrestrial substance, in order to assess whether this threat is 18 year-old Michelle Knapp had just purchased the car for 13 08.08.1868 Pillistfer Estonia EL6 4 pcs - building struck [1, 9] significant to humanity. The first work aimed at the same goal was carried $400 from her grandmother, and when she heard what Andhra Pradesh, Iron, out by Lewis at 1996 [1], who compiled a table of cases of damage caused 14 23.01.1870 Nedagolla U 4.53 kg man stunned [1, 3] sounded like a "three car crash"- in her driveway, she ran India ungrouped by meteorites, based on the preprint of Yao et al. [2] and media outside to investigate. Michelle called the Peekskill police Karnataka, information. A similar table was compiled in Russia [3]. In it, the reports 15 16.02.1876 Judesegeri H6 U- fell in the bed of tank [7, 10] who initially reported this as an act of vandalism. It was a India of a significant number of victims cited by Lewis are critically reviewed, Odessa, neighbor who reasoned that vandals can't throw rocks 16 19.11.1881 Grossliebenthal L6 U 8 kg man injured (dbt) [1, 3] and the information about similar cases in Russia / USSR from sources [4, Ukraine 5] is added. through cars and surmised that the rock was from outer Vitebsk, 17 22.09.1893 Zabrodje L6 U 3800 g roof of a house [7, 9] For the first recorded incident of damage by a meteorite, we take a space. Belarus record [6] of a Franciscan monk killed by a meteorite in 1654 (according https://www.flickr.com/photos/mechanicman87/37867452704 Maine, [9], Days after the impact, the car was sold to Iris Lang, wife 18 05.08.1898 Andover L6 U- brick wall United States [10] to the British Museum meteorite catalog [7]). This catalog was taken as http://meteoritecar.com/gallery/ of renowned meteorite legend Al Lang, for an amount that Macovich Collection of Meteorites http://www.macovich.com Western Cape, South the basis for the search and verification of information about the fall of 19 04.11.1906 Diep River L6 U 0,9 kg roof of a house (probably) [7, 10] https://auto.bfmtv.com/actualite/cette-chevrolet- was nearly two orders of magnitude more than what Africa "bad" meteorites before 1966. Later data were checked for regular percutee-par-une-meteorite-est-exposee-a-paris-1321830.html Michelle had paid. Since then, the Malibu has been on Wisconsin, [7, 9, releases of the official Meteoritical Bulletin, available online [8]. 20 16.06.1911 Kilbourn H5 shwr 770 g roof of a barn We selected reports of direct damage to buildings (for example, a display in numerous museums throughout the world, United States 10], f Al Buhayrah, Martian [7, 9, including New York City's American Museum of Natural 21 28.06.1911 Nakhla shwr - killed a dog roof was punched), or property (for example, a car), or damage caused to Egypt (nakhlite) 10] persons or animals. In compiling our table, we critically analyzed the History and France's National Museum of Natural History. Arizona, 22 19.07.1912 Holbrook L/LL6 shwr - building struck [1, 10] previous data mentioned above, and also used sources [9, 10]. It should http://meteoritecar.com/history/ United States be mentioned about many cases when a meteorite fell directly near a Missouri, [7, 9, 23 18.01.1916 Baxter L6 U 611 g roof of a house person (up to 1 meter, as for the Thika meteorite in Kenya, 2011), but United States 10] since there was no harm, these messages are not included in the table. Scotland, 24 03.12.1917 Strathmore L6 U- building struck [1, 10] Also not included are reports of meteorites falling on agricultural fields, United Kingdom North Dakota, United edges of roads, football fields, etc. Also, the table does not include the Mihonoseki, 10.12.1992 25 30.06.1918 Richardton H5 shwr - building struck [1, 10] States Tunguska cosmic phenomenon, due to the absence of the detected Sky_and_Telescope_1993 Bayrut, [7, 9, meteoric substance. 26 31.12.1921 Beyrout LL3.8 U 1100 g roof of a hut Lebanon 10] Zaporozh'ye, [7, 9, 27 02.04.1936 Yurtuk Howardite several 509 g roof of a house Ukraine 10] Chubu, [7, 9, 28 31.03.1938 Kasamatsu H U 710 g roof of a house Japan 10] Central Mindanao, 29 16.06.1938 Pantar H5 shwr several many roofs [7, 10] Philippines Pennsylvania, 30 24.06.1938 Chicora LL6 2 pcs - a cow injured [7, 9] United States Illinois, [7, 9, 31 29.09.1938 Benld H6 U 1770,5 g garage roof United States 10] Chelyabinsk region, 32 11.06.1949 Kunashak L6 shwr - roof of the grain dryer [3] Russia Wales, [7, 9, 33 21.09.1949 Beddgelert H5 U 794.05 g hotel's roof United Kingdom 10] Shikoku, Doubtful 34 20.11.1949 Kochi U 1.6 g window (dbt) [7, 9], f Japan meteorite Bihar, 35 23.05.1950 Madhipura L U 8 sm diam roof of shed [7, 10] India Kentucky, 36 20.09.1950 Murray CM2 shwr several several buildings [1, 10] United States St. Louis, Missouri, 37 10.12.1950 St. Louis H4 U 1 kg car [1] United States Alabama, [3, 7, 9, 38 01.11.1954 Sylacauga H4 2 pcs 1.57 kg fell through the roof, hit a women United States 10], f Sardinia, 39 19.02.1956 Sinnai H6 U 2 kg roof and floor MB10 Italy South Dakota, United 40 29.02.1956 Centerville H5 U 45.6 g aluminium roof and a corn planter [7, 10] Results and discussion. Systematized information hospitalized. The roof is damaged and the brick wall of States about these events was published by us in Russian in the warehouse of the zinc plant is destroyed. The Indiana, 41 13.10.1959 Hamlet LL4 U 2.045 kg struck a house [7, 10] 2008 [11]. It was concluded that for the entire time of damage described was not the result of exposure to a United States Ash Sharqiyah, registration of meteorite falls only a few dozen cases of meteorite directly, but is relates to its flight in the 42 23.02.1961 Ras Tanura H6 U 1.6 g loading dock struck [1, 10] cosmic substances penetrating the human environment atmosphere. So Chelyabinsk meteorite should certainly Saudi Arabia Texas, were recorded. There are several unreliable cases of a be included in the list, and work on the list of "bad" 43 09.09.1961 Bells C2-ung shwr - struck roof of house [10] meteorite hitting a person, but most often meteorites meteorites should be continued. United States Schleswig-Holstein, [7, 9, fall into the rooftops, causing local damage of different Here we present a table with information on such 44 26.04.1962 Kiel L6 U 737.6 g made a hole in the roof of a house Germany 10], f buildings.