Interesting historical research stuff here. The original article https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13469 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/

Interesting historical research stuff here. The original article https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13469 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13469 is much better and quite readable if you have access. Having more than one data point for “reliably provable death by meteor” will significantly improve the estimated odds of dying this way (for all the actuarial types out there) and also helps refine statistical models of broader meteor related risks (albeit on the low end) behind the logic of maintaining efforts in planetary defence.