Meteorite Falls and Finds: Some Statistics

The statistics of meteorite falls and finds are presented. Histograms give the distribution of falls as a function of year, month and time of day. The distributions of the retrieved masses of fallen and found meteorites are given, as is also their distribution over the Earth's surface. The data for this analysis have been taken from the British Museum's Catalogue of Meteorites (1966) and Appendix (1977).