* Astronomy

A large shower of meteorites fell at 26° 35' 34" S., 120° 19' 42" E., 5 miles due east of Wiluna township, Western Australia, at 10.46 p.m. local time (1446 h G.M.T.) on Saturday, 2 September 1967, over an elliptical area 4 miles long by 2 miles wide ; all the large fragments recovered came from the north-west end of the ellipse, indicating an approach from the south-east. It is estimated that between 500 and 1000 individual stones fell, with a total weight exceeding 250 kg; 480 individuals and many fragments, totally 145.7 kg, are held in the Western Australian Museum, and 9 individuals and 2 fragments, together 1.66 kg, in the School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, and more material is known to be in private hands. The largest fragment weighed nearly 14 kg, and the largest complete stone 10 kg, while the smallest complete stone collected weighed only 2.2 g. Detailed reports of observations of the fall and of the finding of many of the masses are held by the authors
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